CASA 577/05 Directions – for determining maximum weight (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 577/05

I, Neville JAMES probert, General Manager Manufacturing, Certification and New Technologies Office, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 235 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed N.J. Probert]

Neville Probert

General Manager Manufacturing, Certification
   and New Technologies Office

20 December 2005

Directions — for determining maximum weight

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 December 2006.

2          Revocation

            CASA instrument EX42/2004 is revoked.

3          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).

4          Directions

             I give the directions in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Aircraft

Manufacturer	Model	Nationality and registration mark
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.

      3     The circumstances are:

(a)   flight outside daylight;

(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);

(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.