1CASA EX49/05 - Exemption – flight check system

Instrument number CASA EX49/05

I, Bruce Robert Gemmell, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed B. Gemmell]

Bruce Gemmell

Deputy Chief Executive and

Chief Operating Officer

13 October 2005

Exemption — flight check system

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 30 June 2006.

2 Application

This instrument applies to Helicorp Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 435780 (the operator), for its operation of Siksorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopters (the aircraft).

3 Exemption

The operator is exempt from compliance with regulation 232 of CAR 1988.

4 Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 The operator must:

(a) hold a discrete AOC for the aircraft; and

(b) comply with any conditions mentioned in it.

2 The aircraft may only:

(a) be operated for fire fighting purposes; and

(b) carry crew members.

3 The aircraft must have a flight check system that complies with FAA standards.

4 The operator and the pilot in command must ensure that the normal and emergency checklists are available to the crew in flight.

5 The pilot in command must ensure that the flight check system is carried out in detail.

6 If the aircraft’s checklist information, procedures and instructions are contained in the aircraft’s flight manual, the flight manual:

(a) may be taken to be the flight check system; and

(b) must be available to the crew in flight.