Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 48041–50837

5                                                         Water supplies carried as an item of survival equipment  Details of the water supplies carried on the flight

CHAPTER 8 FLIGHTS OVER POPULOUS AREAS, PUBLIC GATHERINGS AND OTHER AREAS

8.01 Purpose
        For paragraph 131.305 (1) (b), this Chapter prescribes requirements for flight of a Part 131 aircraft over a populous area or a public gathering.
    Note   While this Chapter does not presently prescribe requirements related to flights other than over populous areas or public gatherings, regulation 91.055 (aircraft not to be operated in manner that creates a hazard) applies at all times to a Part 131 aircraft.

8.02 Minimum height for Part 131 aircraft — populous area or public gathering
       (1) Subject to subsection (2), for flight over a populous area or a public gathering, a Part 131 aircraft must be flown at a minimum height of at least 1 000 ft above the highest feature or obstacle within a horizontal radius of 100 m of the point on the ground or water immediately below the aircraft.
       (2) The minimum height prescribed in subsection (1) does not apply if any of the following apply:
(a) the Part 131 aircraft is taking-off, or is conducting manoeuvres necessary to achieve a safe landing;
(b) the Part 131 aircraft is participating in an air display that is the subject of an approval for the purposes of regulation 91.180 (air displays in Australian territory);
(c) the Part 131 aircraft is engaged in a procedure to determine the suitability of a landing area for a landing;
(d) the Part 131 aircraft is conducting flight in order to navigate to a planned landing area.

CHAPTER 9 DROPPING THINGS FROM AIRCRAFT

9.01 Purpose
        For subregulation 131.310 (2), this Chapter prescribes the kinds of things (including a parachutist) that may be dropped from a Part 131 aircraft.
    Note   Regulation 91.055 (aircraft not to be operated in manner that creates a hazard) applies to a Part 131 aircraft.

9.02 What may be dropped
       (1) Subject to subsection (2), the following things may be dropped from a Part 131 aircraft:
(a) ballast in the form of fine sand or water;
(b) competition markers and wind indicators;
(c) a parachutist, when dropped in accordance with the requirements of Part 105 — Parachuting from aircraft, of CASR;
(d) substances or objects in accordance with subsection (2).
       (2) For paragraph (1) (d), the substance or object to be dropped or released:
(a) must be carried:
           (i) inside the aircraft; or
           (ii) in a manner specified in the AFM; or
           (iii) in a manner specified in an engineering order issued under Part 21 of CASR; or
           (iv) in a manner set out in the operator's exposition or operations manual; and
(b) when dropped,