Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118:reg:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 3/9)
Character Range: 137143–139877

flight of a Part 131 aircraft that is both a free balloon and a gas balloon, the aircraft must be fitted with, or carry, a trail rope that is at least 20 m in length and made of natural fibre or electrostatic conductive material.

26.11 Pilot restraint harness
       (1) This section applies for any flight of a Part 131 aircraft (the aircraft) that is a balloon transport operation.
       (2) The pilot who is operating the controls of a Part 131 aircraft that is fitted with an approved pilot restraint harness must wear the harness:
(a) whenever the aircraft is operating below 500 feet AGL, including during take‑off; and
(b) during landing or any landing phase, until the aircraft is finally secured on the ground.
Note   It is recommended that the pilot operating the controls of the balloon, whether the pilot in command or the pilot in command under supervision, should wear the pilot restraint harness throughout the flight. A pilot restraint harness may significantly reduce the severity of injuries to the pilot and passengers in the event of an accident where the pilot may be ejected from the basket.

26.12 Remote area survival equipment
        A flight of a Part 131 aircraft that will be conducted in or through a remote area (within the meaning given by section 26.63 of the Part 91 MOS) must carry survival equipment that is suitable for sustaining life as appropriate for the remote area to be overflown.

Division 26.5 Lighting systems

26.13 Lights for VFR flight at night
       (1) A Part 131 aircraft for a VFR flight at night must be fitted with, or carry, the following lighting systems:
(a) at least 2 portable battery-operated lights, for example, torches or flashlights, capable of illuminating for the pilot in command any equipment whose information, data or display is essential for the safe operation of the aircraft;
(b) a light capable of lighting a sufficient area of the surface for the aircraft to be landed at night in an emergency;
(c) a red anti-collision light that is visible from below, indirectly from above, and in all directions around, the aircraft, for at least 4 000 m.
Note   Optimum visibility is obtained by suspending the light below the aircraft.
       (2) An anti-collision light must be displayed during a flight.
       (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the pilot in command reasonably believes that, in the circumstances, reflection or glare from the anti-collision light system may cause a hazard to an aircraft.

Division 26.6 Oxygen equipment and oxygen supplies

26.14 Supplemental oxygen equipment and supplies
       (1) A Part 131 aircraft must carry, and make available to persons on board the aircraft during flight, sufficient supplemental oxygen to meet the