Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:15:p78
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 78/182)
Character Range: 342490–345364

or more of the following purposes for an aircraft that may not currently meet the applicable airworthiness requirements, but can reasonably be expected to be capable of safe flight for the intended purpose:
 (a) flying the aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage;
 (b) delivering or exporting the aircraft;
 (c) production flight testing new production aircraft;
 (d) evacuating the aircraft from areas of impending danger;
 (e) conducting customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft that have satisfactorily completed production flight tests;
 (f) assisting in searching for, bringing aid to or rescuing persons in danger on a particular occasion;
 (g) assisting in dealing with a state of emergency.
 (2) A special flight permit may authorise the operation of an aircraft at a weight in excess of its maximum take‑off weight for flight beyond the normal range over water, or over land areas where adequate landing facilities or appropriate fuel is not available. The excess weight that may be authorised under this paragraph is limited to the additional fuel, fuel‑carrying facilities, and navigation equipment necessary for the flight.
 (3) For subsection 20AA(1) of the Act, an aircraft with a special flight permit, except a special flight permit issued for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), is not required to be registered.
 (4) For paragraph 20AA(3)(a) of the Act, an aircraft with a special flight permit is not required to have a certificate of airworthiness.
 (6) If CASA or an authorised person issues a special flight permit for an aircraft, CASA or the authorised person may direct that any of the following do not apply in relation to the aircraft while the permit is in force:
 (a) paragraph 91.145(2)(c);
 (b) paragraph 91.145(2)(d);
 (c) Division 91.C.3.
Source FARs section 21.197 modified.

21.199  Applications for special flight permits
 (1) An applicant for a special flight permit must submit a statement to CASA or an authorised person, indicating the following:
 (a) the purpose or purposes of the flight;
 (b) the proposed itinerary;
 (c) the crew required to operate the aircraft and its equipment, for example, pilot, co‑pilot, navigator;
 (d) the ways, if any, in which the aircraft does not comply with the applicable airworthiness requirements;
 (e) any restriction the applicant considers necessary for safe operation of the aircraft;
 (f) any other information that CASA or the authorised person reasonably needs to be able to prescribe operating limitations or other conditions in the interests of aviation safety.
 (2) CASA or an authorised person may make, or require the applicant to make, appropriate inspections or tests necessary to determine whether the aircraft can reasonably be expected to be capable of safe flight for the intended purpose