1Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R16) 2004 - Civil Aviation Order 20.16.2 - Air service operations - Loading - General (02/12/2004)

Civil Aviation Amendment Order

(No. R16) 2004

I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under subregulation 244 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]

Bruce Byron

Director of Aviation Safety and

Chief Executive Officer

2 December 2004

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1 Name of Order

This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R16) 2004.

2 Commencement

This Order commences on gazettal.

3 Replacement of section 20.16.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders

Section 20.16.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Substitution of section 20.16.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders

SECTION 20.16.2

AIR SERVICE OPERATIONS — LOADING — GENERAL

1 APPLICATION

This section applies to all Australian aircraft.

2 DEFINITIONS

Cargo means things other than persons carried in an aircraft.

3 RESTRAINT

3.1 Cargo stowed on or above the floor line of compartments occupied by persons and behind any person shall be restrained so as to prevent any article from moving under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight and in an emergency alighting such as a ditching.

3.2 Cargo stowed in areas other than those covered by paragraph 3.1 shall be restrained so as to prevent any article from moving under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight, in a heavy landing, and in a ground loop.

3.3 The strength of the restraint provisions for compliance with paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 shall be not less than that approved or accepted by CASA for a particular type of aircraft.

3.4 Cargo restraint equipment shall be flame resistant.

4 STOWAGE

4.1 Cargo shall not be carried in any place where it may damage, obstruct or cause failure of controls, electrical wiring, pipe lines and items of aircraft equipment, essential to the safe operation of the aircraft, unless such items are adequately protected during loading and handling of cargo and during the operation of the aircraft.

4.2 Cargo may obstruct an emergency exit where sufficient other emergency exits are available for the number of occupants carried in accordance with the tables in Part 105 and any cargo aft of these exits is restrained in accordance with paragraph 3.1.

4.2.1 Whenever an emergency exit is obstructed, the emergency exit sign for that exit shall be covered or otherwise made ineffective.