Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:5:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 30/36)
Character Range: 3087309–3090041

liability.

137.120  Documents to be carried on a flight
 (1) The pilot in command of an aeroplane being used for an application operation must have a copy of the aeroplane's flight manual, or an approved alternative document, on board the aeroplane on every flight.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (2) The pilot must also have the documents or copies mentioned in subregulations (4) and (5) on board the aeroplane on a flight if the aeroplane will be more than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still air) from the operator's principal operating base.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (3) However, if:
 (a) the aeroplane is to be based for more than 7 days at a place that is not the operator's principal operating base (a substitute base); and
 (b) the aeroplane is less than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still air) from the substitute base;
the documents or copies mentioned in subregulations (4) and (5) may be kept at the substitute base.
 (4) For subregulations (2) and (3), the documents are:
 (a) the aeroplane's flight and maintenance records; and
 (b) each of the following documents, or copies of the documents:
 (i) the aeroplane's certificate of registration;
 (ii) the aeroplane's certificate of airworthiness (or, if applicable, special flight permit);
 (iii) the current medical certificate for, and licence of, the pilot.
 (5) However, if the operations manual states that only a specified part of a document mentioned in subregulation (1) or paragraph (4)(a) must be carried during a flight, only that part need be carried.
 (6) A contravention of subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

137.125  Manipulation of flight controls
 (1) While an aeroplane is engaged in an application operation its flight controls may be manipulated by a person only if the person is:
 (a) the pilot in command of the aeroplane; or
 (b) a pilot who is being trained in application operations; or
 (c) a person authorised to do so by CASA.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (2) If an aeroplane engaged in an application operation is on the ground with the engine running, the pilot in command must be at the controls unless:
 (a) the pilot is refuelling the aeroplane in accordance with the operations manual; or
 (b) the following apply:
 (i) the pilot remains near the aeroplane;
 (ii) the wheel brakes are locked and, if practicable, the wheels are chocked;
 (iii) the aeroplane's power controls are friction locked and, if possible, the propeller is feathered;
 (iv) the engine is retarded to idle and, if possible, ground idle.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (3) Subregulation (4) applies if a person who is not, under these Regulations, entitled to manipulate the aeroplane's flight controls:
 (a) occupies