| (1) |
All turbine-engine aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 15 000 kg, for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 July 1979, shall be equipped with a TAWS. |
| (2) |
All turbine-engine aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5700 kg or certified to carry more than nine passengers, for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 January 2010 shall be equipped with TAWS which has predictive terrain avoidance function. |
[Regulation 135.05.5 substituted by regulation 29 of Notice No. R. 534, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (Third Amendment to the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2013)]
| (3) |
All turbine-engine aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5 700 kg or authorised to carry more than nine passengers, shall be equipped with a TAWS which has a predictive terrain avoidance function. |
| (4) |
As from 1 January 2013 all piston-engine aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5 700 kg or authorised to carry more than nine passengers shall be equipped with a TAWS which provides the warnings contemplated subregulations (6)(a) and (c), warning of unsafe terrain clearance and a predictive terrain avoidance function. |
| (5) |
A TAWS shall automatically provide a timely and distinctive warning to the flight crew when the aeroplane is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth's surface. |
| (6) |
A TAWS shall provide, unless otherwise specified herein, warnings of the following circumstances— |
| (a) |
excessive descent rate; |
| (b) |
excessive terrain closure rate; |
| (c) |
excessive altitude loss after take-off or go-around; |
| (d) |
unsafe terrain clearance while not in the landing configuration as follows— |
| (i) |
gear not locked down; or |
| (ii) |
flaps not in a landing position; and |
| (e) |
excessive descent below the instrument glide path. |
| (7) |
The TAWS equipment required by this regulation shall meet the requirements specified in technical standard 91.04.33 of Document SA-CATS 91. |
| (8) |
No person shall inhibit or otherwise render inoperative any required TAWS during flight time except in accordance with the approved aeroplane flight manual. |
| (9) |
An air service operator shall implement database management procedures that ensure timely distribution and update of current terrain and obstacle data to TAWS. |
[Regulation 135.05.5(9) inserted by regulation 18(f) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
| (10) |
A turbine-engine aeroplane with an MCTOM of less than 5 700 kg and authorised to carry between five and nine passengers shall be equipped with TAWS that provides— |
| (a) |
forward-looking terrain avoidance function; |
| (b) |
a warning of unsafe terrain clearance; and |
| (c ) |
a predictive terrain avoidance function. |
[Regulation 135.05.5(10) substituted by section 22(c) of the Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]
| (11) |
A turbine-engine aeroplane of an MCM of 5 700kg or less and authorised to carry more than five passengers, but not more than nine, passengers for which an individual certificate of airworthiness was first issued on or after 1 January 2026, shall be equipped with a ground proximity warning system which provides for unsafe terrain clearance, and a forward-looking terrain avoidance function for— |
| (a) |
excessive descent rate; and |
| (b) |
excessive altitude loss after take-off or go-around. |
[Regulation 135.05.5(11) inserted by section 22(c) of the Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]
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