CASA EX38/11 – Exemption – maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX38/11

I, gregory james hood, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 308 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

6 April 2011

Exemption — maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the date of registration; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of March 2013.

2          Application

                 This instrument applies to single engine aeroplanes engaged in private, or aerial work, operations and having:

(a)   a certificate of airworthiness in the agricultural category or in the restricted category; and

(b)   a permanently installed jettison system to allow the pilot in command to jettison in flight the contents of a hopper or vessel permanently installed in the aeroplane.

3          Exemption — relating to maximum permitted take-off weight

Aircraft mentioned in section 2 are exempt from compliance with the requirements of regulation 138 of CAR 1988 to the extent that the regulation requires compliance with the maximum take-off weight contained in a flight manual, a placard or another document.