CASA EX20/2004 Exemption under regulation 308 Single-pilot operations in Cessna 550/650 class aeroplanes (Cth)
EXEMPTION NUMBER: CASA EX20/2004
CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988
EXEMPTION UNDER REGULATION 308
SINGLE-PILOT OPERATIONS IN CESSNA 550/560 CLASS AEROPLANES
I, BRUCE ROBERT GEMMELL, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA, under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988):
(a)revoke instrument CASA EX17/2001; and
(b)having taken into account all relevant considerations relating to the interests of safety, exempt:
(i)the pilot in command of an Australian aircraft included in the Cessna 550/560 class from compliance with subregulation 138 (1) of CAR 1988 in relation to any requirement, instruction, procedure or limitation under which the aeroplane must be operated with a minimum flight crew of 1 pilot and 1 co-pilot; and
(ii)any person concerned with the operation of an Australian aircraft included in the Cessna 550/560 class from compliance with regulation 208 of CAR 1988 in relation to any requirement in the certificate of airworthiness, or the flight manual, for the aeroplane that the minimum operating crew is 2.
The exemption is subject to the pilot and any person concerned with the operation of the aeroplane ensuring that it does not commence a single‑pilot operation unless:
(a)the pilot is qualified to operate the aeroplane in accordance with the requirements of this exemption; and
(b)the aeroplane is equipped to operate in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 1.
A pilot is qualified to operate an aeroplane in accordance with the requirements of this exemption if he or she:
(a)is FAA authorised and complies with Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1; or
(b)complies with all the requirements of Schedule 1.
This exemption applies only to the following Cessna aeroplane types:
(a)Cessna 550;
(b)Cessna S550;
(c)Cessna 552;
(d)Cessna 560.
In relation to single-pilot operations, if there is any inconsistency between this exemption and a previously issued flight manual supplement dealing with the operation of those aeroplanes, this exemption takes priority.
In this exemption:
FAA designated pilot examiner means a pilot examiner designated by the FAA to conduct training and flight tests for the purposes of Exemption 4050.
approved training program means a single-pilot training program approved by the FAA for the purposes of Exemption 4050.
Cessna 550/560 class means the class of aeroplane comprising the Cessna aeroplane types to which this exemption applies.
Exemption 4050 means Exemption 4050 as issued by the FAA and revised and reissued from time to time.
FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration of the
. United States of America
FAA authorised, in relation to a single-pilot operation in a type of aeroplane included in the Cessna 550/560 class, means authorised to conduct that operation under Exemption 4050.
SCHEDULE 1
CONDITIONS
PART 1 — PRECONDITIONS FOR SINGLE-PILOT FLIGHT
In order to fly an aeroplane in accordance with this exemption, a pilot must:
(a)hold a current Class 1 or Class 2 medical certificate; and
(b)hold a private pilot (aeroplane) licence, a commercial pilot (aeroplane) licence, or an airline transport pilot (aeroplane) licence, with a command (multi-engine aeroplane) I.F.R. rating; and
(c)have logged at least 1,000 hours total pilot flight time, including at least 50 hours flight time at night, 75 hours instrument flight time, 40 hours of instrument flight time in actual instrument meteorological conditions, and 500 hours flight time as pilot in command or co-pilot, in turbojet or turbine powered aeroplanes.
Before flying an aeroplane under this exemption, a pilot must satisfactorily complete an approved training program and flight test for the Cessna aeroplane type to which that aeroplane belongs.
A pilot who has satisfactorily completed an initial training program and flight test in accordance with paragraph (2) must, before flying an aeroplane belonging to another Cessna aeroplane type:
(a)undergo differences training for that type in accordance with an approved training program; and
(b)after satisfactory completion of the differences training, satisfactorily complete a flight test for that type.
Subject to paragraph (7), a pilot who has satisfactorily completed an approved training program and flight test for a Cessna aeroplane type is entitled to a single-pilot authorisation for that type.
A flight test referred to in this Part must satisfy the requirements of Part 4.
A flight test for the purposes of this exemption must be conducted by:
(a)a flying operations inspector approved by CASA for that purpose; or
(b)a person authorised to conduct flight tests under Exemption 4050, being an FAA designated pilot examiner or an FAA inspector.
A person is taken to have received a single-pilot authorisation only after the person conducting the flight test makes an entry in the pilot’s log book stating:
(a)that the pilot is competent to conduct single-pilot operations in an aeroplane of the Cessna aeroplane type for which the test was conducted; and
(b)that the test was conducted in accordance with the requirements of Part 4:
(i)by an approved flying operations inspector; or
(ii)by a person authorised to conduct flight tests under Exemption 4050, being an FAA designated pilot examiner or an FAA inspector.
A pilot must renew a single-pilot authorisation by satisfactorily undertaking a recurrent approved training program and flight test not more than 24 months after receiving the authorisation or last renewal.
A pilot seeking renewal of a single-pilot authorisation who completes the recurrent single‑pilot training and testing in the calendar month before the calendar month in which renewal is due, is considered to have completed the single‑pilot training and testing in the calendar month in which renewal is due.
PART 2 — FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS
(10)A pilot may only fly an aeroplane under this exemption if it is employed in private operations.
(11)A pilot must not fly an aeroplane under this exemption unless it is equipped with the following fully functioning equipment:
(a)a boom microphone;
(b)an autopilot, controllable about three axes and capable of approach coupling;
(c)a flight director system;
(d)a transponder identification switch on the pilot’s control wheel.
(12)Before completing at least 100 hours of single‑pilot flight experience in aeroplanes included in the Cessna 550/560 class, a pilot who is flying an aircraft under this exemption must not perform:
(a)any circling instrument approaches except to minima that are at least 200 feet, and 1.6 kilometres, above the minima published in AIP or NOTAMS; and
(b)any straight‑in instrument approaches except to minima that are at least 100 feet, and 0.8 kilometres, above the minima published in AIP or NOTAMS.
(13)Except in V.M.C., a pilot must not perform circling approaches without training and testing in the circling approach manoeuvre both to the left and to the right:
(a)in an aeroplane included in the Cessna 550/560 class; or
(b)in a simulator equipped with a visual system which permits accomplishment of the circling approach task using the same pilot skills as are required in that aeroplane type.
(14)If the applicant does not satisfactorily complete training and testing in circling approaches in accordance with paragraph (13):
(a)the person conducting the flight test must annotate the applicant’s log book with the comment “Demonstration of circling approach was not accomplished”; and
(b)the applicant must not perform circling approaches in I.M.C.
(15)Each pilot must carry a copy of this exemption, and a copy of his or her authorisation, if FAA authorised, on board the aeroplane when conducting a single-pilot operation under this exemption.
PART 3 — RECENCY REQUIREMENTS
(16)A pilot must not fly an aeroplane under this exemption, unless he or she has flown an aeroplane of that type:
(a)on at least 2 sectors during the previous 90 days as pilot in command or acting in command under supervision; and
(b)on at least 1 sector during the previous 120 days as single pilot under a current single-pilot authorisation.
PART 4 — PARTICULARS OF FLIGHT TESTING
(17)A person seeking a single-pilot authorisation, or renewal of a single-pilot authorisation, must undergo a flight test not more than 10 days after completing an approved single-pilot training program.
(18)In order to ascertain whether a person is able competently to conduct single-pilot operations in a Cessna aeroplane type, the person conducting a flight test must have regard to all the matters covered in the approved single-pilot training program.
(19)An applicant seeking an initial single-pilot authorisation for a Cessna aeroplane type must:
(a)satisfactorily accomplish the entire flight test in an aeroplane of that type; and
(b)satisfactorily perform all manoeuvres and procedures throughout the test as a single pilot.
(20)An applicant seeking renewal of a single-pilot authorisation for a Cessna aeroplane type or undergoing a flight test after completing differences training must satisfactorily accomplish the entire flight test in one of the 3 following ways:
(a)as a single pilot in an aeroplane of that type; or
(b)as a single pilot in an approved flight simulator, qualified as a Level A, Level B, Level C or Level D flight simulator in the FAA National Simulator Program, as well as performing 3 take-offs and landings to a full stop as a single pilot in an aeroplane of that type within the preceding 90 days; or
(c)as a single pilot in an approved flight simulator, qualified as a Level A flight simulator in the FAA National Simulator Program, as well as performing the following manoeuvres and procedures as a single pilot in an aeroplane of that type:
(i)pre-flight inspection;
(ii)taxiing;
(iii)normal take-off;
(iv)crosswind take-off;
(v)instrument landing system (ILS) approach;
(vi)missed approach;
(vii)simulated power plant failure;
(viii)normal landing;
(ix)crosswind landing;
(x)landing with simulated power plant failure; and
(d)satisfactorily perform all manoeuvres and procedures throughout the test as a single pilot.
(21)A pilot being tested in the circling approach manoeuvre in accordance with this exemption must satisfactorily perform all manoeuvres and procedures throughout the test as a single pilot.
This instrument comes into effect on gazettal and stops having effect at the end of March 2006.
[Signed B. Gemmell]
Bruce Gemmell
Deputy Chief Executive and
Chief Operating Officer
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