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Instrument number CASA 270/14

I, jonathan aleck, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 257 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988) and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed Jonathan Aleck]
Jonathan Aleck
Acting Director of Aviation Safety
21 November 2014

Determination — meteorological minima for landing or taking-off at aerodrome

1 Commencement
       This instrument commences on the day of registration.

2 Repeal
       Instrument CASA 70/11 is repealed.

3 Definitions
       In this instrument:
AIP means Aeronautical Information Publication.
CAO means Civil Aviation Order.
defined point after take-off means the point within the take-off and initial climb phase before which a helicopter's ability to continue the flight safely, with 1 engine inoperative, is not assured and a forced landing may be required.
LSALT means lowest safe altitude.
MSA means minimum sector altitude.
MTOW means maximum take-off weight.
PC1 means performance class 1 and is the class of helicopter performance such that in the event of failure of the critical power-unit the helicopter is able either to land within the rejected take-off distance available, or to safely continue the flight to an appropriate landing area, depending on when the failure occurs.
PC2 means performance class 2 and is the class of helicopter performance such that in the event of critical power-unit failure performance is available to enable the helicopter to safely continue the flight except when the failure occurs early during the take-off manoeuvre or late in the landing manoeuvre, in which cases a forced landing may be required.
qualifying multi-engine aeroplane means an I.F.R. aeroplane to which Part A of Schedule 1 applies.
qualifying multi-engine helicopter means an I.F.R. helicopter to which Part C of Schedule 1 applies.
RVR means runway visual range and is measured by instrument and reported by Air Traffic Control (ATC).
TODA means take-off distance available.

4 Determination
       (1)The meteorological minima for an I.F.R. aeroplane taking off are as determined in Part A or Part B of Schedule 1, subject to any conditions mentioned in the Part.
       (2)The meteorological minima for an I.F.R. helicopter taking off are as determined in Part C or Part D of Schedule 1, subject to any conditions mentioned in the Part.
       (3)The meteorological minima for an I.F.R. aircraft landing are as determined in Schedule 2.
Note   Under regulation 257 of CAR 1988, unless exempted by CASA, it is a strict liability offence if an aircraft takes off or lands below any of the minima determined for the aircraft.

Schedule 1 Take-off minima for aircraft

Part A  Take-off minima for certain multi-engine I.F.R. aeroplanes
      1 Part A applies to a multi-engine I.F.R. aeroplane that meets each of the following requirements