CASA 267/14 Directions – determining maximum weight (CGG Aviation) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 267/14

I, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 235 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell
Executive Manager
Operations Division

11 November 2014

Directions – determining maximum weight (CGG Aviation)

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of July 2016, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Repeal

                 Instrument CASA 152/14 is repealed.

3          Application

                 This instrument applies to each aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 (the aircraft) when it is operated by CGG Aviation (Australia) Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 511067.

4          Directions

                 I give the directions in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Aircraft

Manufacturer	Model	Nationality and registration marks
Short Bros	SC-7 Skyvan	VH-WGT
Construcciones Aeronauticas SA	CASA 212	VH-TEM

Schedule 2          Directions

        1     If a flight, take-off or landing (an operation) includes, or is likely to include, any of the circumstances mentioned in clause 3, the maximum weight that the gross weight of the aircraft is not to exceed at take-off or landing (MTOW) is to be determined through compliance with Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 20.7.1B as if that Order applied to the aircraft in the circumstances.

        2     If an operation does not include, or is not likely to include, any of the circumstances mentioned in clause 3, the MTOW is to be determined through compliance with CAO 20.7.4 as if that Order applied to the aircraft in the circumstances.

        3     The circumstances are:

(a)   flight outside daylight; and

(b)   except with the written approval of CASA — a take-off whose flight path involves flight below 1 000 feet AGL for more than 3 km over a city, town, populous or industrial area, or industrial plant (a restricted area); and

(c)   except in an emergency, or with the written approval of CASA — a landing whose flight path involves flight below 1 000 feet AGL for more than 3 km over a restricted area.