Commonwealth legislation

CASA EX38/11 – Exemption – maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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What this does

This exemption allows certain agricultural aircraft to take off weighing more than their flight manuals normally permit.

Who it affects

Single-engine planes used for private flights or aerial work (like crop dusting) that have:

An airworthiness certificate in the agricultural or restricted category, and
A permanent emergency dump system (jettison system) that lets the pilot drop the hopper contents mid-flight if needed.

The change

Normally, pilots must obey the maximum take-off weight listed in their flight manual, placards, or other documents (under Regulation 138 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988). This exemption lets eligible aircraft ignore those specific weight limits.

Why this matters

This lets agricultural operators carry heavier loads of chemicals or seeds, but only because they can instantly lighten the aircraft in an emergency by jettisoning the cargo.

Duration

This exemption was time-limited and stopped having effect at the end of March 2013.

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Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in CASA EX38/11 – Exemption – maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft).

CASA EX38/11 – Exemption – maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

Instrument number CASA EX38/11

I, gregory james hood, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 308 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

6 April 2011

Exemption — maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the date of registration; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of March 2013.

2 Application

This instrument applies to single engine aeroplanes engaged in private, or aerial work, operations and having:

(a) a certificate of airworthiness in the agricultural category or in the restricted category; and

(b) a permanently installed jettison system to allow the pilot in command to jettison in flight the contents of a hopper or vessel permanently installed in the aeroplane.

3 Exemption — relating to maximum permitted take-off weight

Aircraft mentioned in section 2 are exempt from compliance with the requirements of regulation 138 of CAR 1988 to the extent that the regulation requires compliance with the maximum take-off weight contained in a flight manual, a placard or another document.

Source text

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1 CASA EX38/11 – Exemption – maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)