Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:9:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 250623–253523

in which life or property is:
 (a) lost, injured or damaged in, on or by a rotorcraft in which NVIS are used; or
 (b) at significant risk of loss or damage in, on or by a rotorcraft.
Note The following are some examples of significant risks: a near miss; NVIS equipment failure, malfunction or abnormal operation; the failure, malfunction or abnormal operation of NVIS‑related or affected equipment; unintentional IMC penetration; inadvertent loss of visibility; abnormal degree or accelerated onset of fatigue.
NVIS certified means that a rotorcraft has been modified for NVIS operations by 1 of the following:
 (a) an approval under Part 21 of CASR;
 (b) the type certificate holder under the type certificate;
 (c) a supplemental type certificate.
NVIS compatible lighting means rotorcraft interior or exterior lighting:
 (a) with spectral wavelength, colour, luminance level and uniformity, that has been modified, or designed, for use with NVIS; and
 (b) that does not degrade or interfere with the image intensification capability performance of the NVIS beyond acceptable standards mentioned in subsection 11.61(2).

11.61  General and lighting standards for NVIS flights
 (1) A rotorcraft for an NVIS flight must be NVIS certified.
Note NVIS certification means that the rotorcraft also has NVIS compatible lighting.
 (2) The design of a required aircraft lighting system modification for an NVIS flight must be based on the requirements of:
 (a) RTCA/DO-275, as in force from time to time; or
 (b) MIL-STD-3009, Lighting, Aircraft, NVIS Compatible, of the US Department of Defense, as in force from time to time.

11.62  Performance and other specifications for NVG image intensifier tubes
 (1) NVG image intensifier tubes for an NVIS flight must meet the minimum operational performance specification that is:
 (a) defined in RTCA/DO 275, as in force from time to time, as modified in accordance with subsection (5); or
 (b) approved in writing by CASA as equivalent to that under paragraph (a) in terms of tube resolution, system resolution, system luminance gain, photosensitivity and signal to noise ratio.
 (2) Each NVG image intensifier tube and associated NVIS equipment (the NVG tubes and equipment) must be:
 (a) certified by its manufacturer as being for aviation use; and
 (b) identified by the manufacturer's unique serial number; and
 (c) acquired (with or without valuable consideration) by the rotorcraft operator directly from:
 (i) the manufacturer or the manufacturer's official supplier (an official source); or
 (ii) a person who acquired it directly from an official source (the initial acquirer); or
 (iii) a person who acquired it as the first or later acquirer in a line of direct and provable acquisitions originating from the initial acquirer (a subsequent acquirer); and
Note 1 In this subsection, "acquired (with or without valuable consideration)" refers to, for