Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107:body:0:p47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107
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Character Range: 123274–125989

aircraft flight manual instructions for the aircraft do not make provision for the operation of the aircraft with the door open or removed.

5.54  Part 103 aircraft facilitating parachute descents—removal, etc. of aircraft doors or canopies
 (1) A person must not operate a Part 103 aircraft to facilitate a parachute descent, if:
 (a) a door or canopy of the aircraft would be required to be removed to facilitate the egress of the parachutist from the aircraft; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the aircraft flight manual instructions for the aircraft does not permit the operation of the aircraft with the door or canopy removed from the aircraft; or
 (ii) the removal of the door or canopy would create a hazard to the safe operation of the aircraft.
 (2) A person must not remove or refit a door or a canopy from a Part 103 aircraft for the purposes of facilitating a parachute descent unless the person holds an authorisation:
 (a) that authorises the person to remove and install aircraft components; and
 (b) that was issued by the Part 103 ASAO that administers airworthiness activities for the aircraft under an approved function mentioned in section 16 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards.
 (3) A person who removes or refits a door or canopy from a Part 103 aircraft for the purpose of facilitating a parachute descent must make a record in the aircraft logbook that the door or canopy was removed or refitted (as the case may be).

5.55  Parachute descents at non-controlled aerodromes where radio carriage is required
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) an aircraft being operated to facilitate a parachute descent in a parachute training operation is operating in the vicinity of a non-controlled aerodrome; and
 (b) carriage of radiocommunication equipment is required under the civil aviation legislation.
 (2) The pilot in command of the aircraft must not permit a person (the parachutist) undertaking a parachute descent to exit the aircraft (the jump aircraft), within the 15 minutes before the estimated time of arrival at the aerodrome of an aircraft that is conducting an Australian air transport operation, unless:
 (a) the pilot of the jump aircraft and the pilot of the other aircraft are in direct radiocommunication with each other; and
 (b) each parachutist carried on the jump aircraft can exit the aircraft and complete their descent before the other aircraft arrives in the circuit area of the aerodrome.
        (3) The pilot in command of the jump aircraft must not permit a parachutist to exit the jump aircraft if there is another aircraft conducting an Australian air transport operation:
 (a) that is in the circuit area of the aerodrome, and has not landed and taxied clear of the runway;