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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 8 : Aeroplane Performance Operating Limitations

135.08.1 General requirements

 

(1) Any determination made for the purposes of this Subpart shall be based on approved performance data set out in the aeroplane flight manual for the aeroplane concerned.

 

(2) A person may operate an aeroplane without complying with the requirements of this Division if the person—
(a) is authorized to do so in the air service operator's operations specifications; and
(b) complies with the requirements as prescribed in SA-CATS 135.

 

(3) Where an operator uses charts or graphs published in the approved aeroplane flight manual, allowance shall be made to ensure any extract errors will be on the side of safety.

 

(4) An operator shall adopt obstacle data sufficient to make accurate and safe performance calculations.

 

(5) Except as authorised by the Director or as provided in regulation 135.07.5, single-engine aeroplanes shall only be operated in conditions of weather and light, and over such routes and diversions therefrom, that permit a forced landing to be executed in the event of engine failure.

 

(6) An aeroplane shall be operated in compliance with the terms of its certificate of airworthiness and within the approved operating limitations contained in its flight manual.

 

(7) A flight shall not be commenced unless the performance information provided in the flight manual, supplemented as necessary with other data acceptable to the Director, indicates that the standards prescribed in this Subpart can be complied with for the flight to be undertaken.

 

(8) In complying with any of the provisions in this Subpart, all factors that significantly affect the performance of the aeroplane, as applicable to the phase of flight, shall be taken into account and which shall include as a minimum—
(a) the mass of the aeroplane;
(b) the operating procedures employed by the operator;
(c) the pressure-altitude appropriate to the elevation of the aerodrome;
(d) the ambient temperature;
(e) the wind;
(f) the runway slope; and
(g) the surface conditions of the runway.

 

(9) The factors specified in subregulation (6) shall be taken into account either directly as operational parameters or indirectly by means of allowances or margins, which may be provided in the scheduling of performance data or in the comprehensive and detailed code of performance in accordance with which the aeroplane is being operated.

 

 


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