CASA 492/09 – Directions – for determining maximum weight (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 492/09

I, GREGORY JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 235 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

29 October 2009

Directions — for determining maximum weight

1           Duration

                This instrument:

(a)     commences on 1 November 2009; and

(b)     stops having effect at the end of 31 October 2010.

2           Application

                This instrument applies to each aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 (the aircraft) when it is:

(a)     equipped with an external loop antenna; and

(b)     operated by Fugro Airborne Surveys Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 401318 (the operator).

3           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 20.7.1B as if that Order applied to the aircraft in the circumstance.

        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 Civil Aviation Order 20.7.4 as if that Order applied to the aircraft in the circumstance.

        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.