Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 32657–35532

time the rotorcraft flew over each waypoint;
 (b) the fuel calculations made in compliance with the fuel requirements under Chapter 6;
 (c) the aerodrome of final landing for the flight.

Chapter 5 — Medical transport operations

Division 1—External load operation conducted during medical transport operation

5.01  Definitions for Division 1
  In this Division:
external load operation includes a series of external load operations carried out at a site.
risk considerations, for an external load operation, means the following considerations:
 (a) the potential for exposure of other persons, or property, to injury or damage because of the operation;
 (b) the potential for exposure of any flight crew member, air crew member, or medical transport specialist, for the flight, or medical patient on the flight, to injury because of the operation;
 (c) the nature of the operation, and its characteristics;
 (d) the nature of the location of the operation, and its characteristics;
 (e) the nature of the rotorcraft to be used in the operation, its characteristics, and its performance class capabilities, if applicable;
 (f) the nature and extent of the qualifications and experience of the flight crew members, air crew members, and medical transport specialists, for the flight;
 (g) the hazards, external to the rotorcraft, which may be encountered during the operation.
safe risk strategies, for an external load operation, means risk and hazard elimination, reduction, or mitigation, strategies for the operation.

5.02  Purpose of sections 5.03 to 5.06
  Sections 5.03 to 5.06 prescribe requirements for paragraph 133.295(1)(b) of CASR in relation to an external load operation, conducted during a medical transport operation, involving winching a person.

5.03  Requirements generally
 (1) The rotorcraft must have a performance capability that allows it, with 1 engine inoperative from 300 ft above the site, to carry out a positive climb of at least 150 ft per minute at 1 000 ft above the medical transport operating site for the external load operation, and clear any obstacles in the flight path until it reaches the minimum flight altitude for a point on the route for the flight.
 (2) During the flight, the person must be carried outside the rotorcraft only for the minimum time necessary to achieve the operation's objective.
 (3) The operation must meet the risk assessment requirements stated in this Division.

5.04  Pilot in command to consider risk etc.
 (1) Before and during the external load operation, the pilot in command must identify, and consider, the risks of the operation, having regard to the risk considerations.
 (2) Risks must be considered in the context of the nature, size and complexity of the operation, and reasonably satisfy the pilot in command that the operation:
 (a) is within the capability of the rotorcraft; and
 (b) does