Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01555:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01555
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 7533–9592

automatic pilot may be inoperative at the beginning of a day VFR or day IFR VMC flight in a relevant aeroplane only if the flight begins:
(a) from an aerodrome at which there is no facility for the automatic pilot to be repaired or replaced; and
(b) within 24 hours of the time the automatic pilot was found to be inoperative.
Note   The effect of these provisions is that an automatic pilot must not be inoperative for more than 24 hours, or if departing from an aerodrome where repairs can be made.
      4 For an IFR flight, or a VFR flight at night, in a turbine-engine aeroplane with a maximum take-off weight of more than 5 700 kg, the relevant aeroplane must be fitted with a TAWS-Class A that is not inoperative.
      4A For an IFR flight, or a VFR flight at night, in a turbine-engine aeroplane with a maximum take-off weight of 5 700 kg or less, the aeroplane must be fitted with a TAWS-Class A, or a TAWS-Class B+, that is not inoperative.
      5 For an IFR flight, or a VFR flight at night, in a piston-engine aeroplane, the relevant aeroplane must be fitted with a TAWS-Class A, TAWS-Class B+ or TAWS-Class B that is not inoperative.
      6 For a VFR flight by day in a relevant aeroplane, the relevant aeroplane must be fitted with a TAWS-Class A, TAWS-Class B+ or TAWS-Class B that is not inoperative.
      7 For a flight in a relevant aeroplane, paragraph 11.26(a) of the Part 135 Manual of Standards may be applied by the pilot in command or the operator of the flight as if that paragraph applied to the flight.
Note   Paragraph 11.26(a) of the Part 135 Manual of Standards deals with inoperative TAWS.
      8 For a flight in a relevant aeroplane, the aeroplane must be fitted with airborne weather radar equipment.
      9 For a flight in a relevant aeroplane, section 11.28 of the Part 135 Manual of Standards may be applied by the pilot in command or the operator of the flight as if that section applied to the flight.
Note   Section 11.28 of the Part 135 Manual of Standards deals with inoperative airborne weather radar equipment.