CASA 59/17 Authorisation and direction — passenger occupation of a control seat of aircraft registered with certain recreational aviation administration organisations (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 59/17

I, GRAEME MILLS CRAWFORD, Aviation Group Manager, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed G.M. Crawford]

Graeme M. Crawford
Aviation Group Manager

23 June 2017

Authorisation and direction — passenger occupation of a control seat of aircraft registered with certain recreational aviation administration organisations

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 July 2017; and

(b)   is repealed at the end of 30 June 2022.

2          Definitions

            In this instrument:

recreational dual control aircraft means an aircraft equipped with fully or partially functioning dual controls that is registered with 1 of the following organisations:

(a)   Recreational Aviation Australia Limited, ARN 224806;

(b)   Hang Gliding Federation of Australia, ARN 527469;

(c)   The Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association Incorporated, ARN 223306.

3          Authorisation

            For paragraph 226 (1) (c) of CAR, CASA authorises a person, other than a person to whom paragraph 226 (1) (a) or (b) applies, to occupy a control seat of a recreational dual control aircraft.

4          Direction

                 For regulation 11.245 of CASR, CASA directs the pilot in command of a recreational dual control aircraft in which a person occupies a control seat pursuant to the authorisation in section 3:

(a)   to instruct the person on how to avoid interference with the aircraft controls during flight; and

(b)   to maintain satisfactory communication at all times between the pilot and the person.