Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:8:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 1/12)
Character Range: 133268–138143

8                                                   For a flight involving a back‑up take‑off procedure, or with a lateral transition take‑off procedure — the back‑up take‑off procedure, or lateral transition take-off procedure, part of the flight  The total of:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (a) either:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (i) if the rotorcraft's flight manual defines the final approach and take‑off area for the rotorcraft — 0.5 of the minimum width of the final approach and take‑off area; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply — 0.75 x D, for the rotorcraft; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (b) the greater of the following:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (i) 0.25 x D, for the rotorcraft;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (ii) 3 m; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (c) either:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (i) for a VFR flight by day — 0.10 of the distance travelled from the back of the final approach and take‑off area to the take‑off decision point for the flight; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (ii) for a VFR flight at night or the visual departure phase of an IFR flight — 0.15 of the distance travelled from the back of the final approach and take‑off area to the take‑off decision point for the flight

 (5) An obstacle is relevant to the take‑off stage of a flight, or the baulked landing component of the approach and landing, or baulked landing stage of a flight, if the shortest distance between the obstacle and a point on the ground or water below the intended flight path for the flight, as determined by the pilot in command of the rotorcraft, is not more than:
 (a) for a flight by day in which navigational accuracy can be achieved by reference to visual cues during the climb or landing of the rotorcraft — 7 x R, for the rotorcraft; or
 (b) for a flight at night in which navigational accuracy can be achieved by reference to visual cues during the climb or landing of the rotorcraft — 10 x R, for the rotorcraft; or
 (c) for a flight in which navigational accuracy can be achieved by navigation aids — 300 m; or
           (d) for any other flight — 900 m.
 (6) For a flight of a rotorcraft in performance class 2, or performance class 2 with exposure, the pre-flight identification of relevant obstacles may be carried out by a pilot survey using an operator's risk-based obstacle survey process, which includes the following risk control measures for operations beyond the defined point after take-off for the rotorcraft:
 (a) for an IFR flight — that no entry into IMC is planned below the LSALT, unless flying in IMC can be carried out safely, using the operator's risk‑assessed procedures for obstacle avoidance stated in the operator's exposition, until the rotorcraft reaches the minimum flight altitude for a point on the route for the flight;
 (b) unless the flight is conducted as an