CASA Ex91/11 – Exemption – for Boeing 717 flight data recorder system (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX91/11

I, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed John F. McCormick]

John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety

25 August 2011

Exemption — for Boeing 717 flight data recorder system

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after registration; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 July 2014.

2          Application

                 This instrument applies to each Boeing 717 aeroplane (the aeroplane) operated by a registered operator.

3          Exemption

                 The aeroplane is exempt from compliance with paragraph 6.3 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (CAO 20.18) for the continuous operation of a flight data recorder (FDR) system, but only to the extent that the FDR system would otherwise be required to operate while the aeroplane’s parking brake is applied.

4          Condition

                 The registered operator must ensure that, apart from the exemption in section 3, paragraph 6.3 of CAO 20.18 is otherwise complied with.