Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:8:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 3/11)
Character Range: 181806–184538

paragraph may not be authorised in accordance with (E)TSO-C129.
 (8) For paragraph (3)(b), an approved GNSS fitted to the rotorcraft must not be one authorised in accordance with (E)TSO-C129, unless:
 (a) the rotorcraft was manufactured before 6 February 2014; and
 (b) the GNSS was installed before 6 February 2014.

11.10  Automatic pilot
  A rotorcraft flight that is:
 (a) an IFR flight; or
 (b) a VFR flight at night, which is:
 (i) operated by a single pilot; and
 (ii) conducted over an area where the rotorcraft's attitude cannot be maintained by use of visual external surface cues provided by lights on the ground, celestial illumination or lighting fitted to the rotorcraft;

  must be fitted with an automatic pilot or automatic stabilisation system.
Note: Visual external surface cues can be established by unaided sight or with the use of an aided system, for example, NVIS or an enhanced vision system.

11.11  Survival equipment
 (1) A flight of a rotorcraft that will be conducted in, or through, an area defined by the Part 91 Manual of Standards as a remote area must carry survival equipment that is appropriate for sustaining life in the area in, or through which, the flight will be conducted.
 (2) A flight of a rotorcraft that will be conducted over water where the rotorcraft is required to carry a life raft under Division 11 must carry the following:
 (a) survival equipment that is appropriate for sustaining life in the area in, or through which, the flight will be conducted;
 (b) signalling equipment such that the distress signals set out in Appendix 1 to ICAO Annex 2, Rules of the Air, can be made, if required.

Division 5—Lighting systems

11.12  Cockpit, and cabin, lighting requirements
 (1) A rotorcraft operating at night must be fitted with (or carry, as applicable) the following lighting equipment:
 (a) cockpit lighting that meets the requirements mentioned in subsection (2);
 (b) cabin lighting that enables each occupant of the rotorcraft to see and use:
 (i) the occupant's seatbelt and oxygen facilities, if any; and
 (ii) the normal and emergency exits;
 (c) for each flight crew member — an independent portable light accessible to the flight crew member from the flight crew member's normal seat in the rotorcraft;
 (d) for each other crew member, if any — an independent portable light accessible to the crew member at the crew member's crew station.
 (2) Cockpit lighting equipment of a rotorcraft operating at night must:
 (a) illuminate each item of equipment that may be used by a flight crew member; and
 (b) illuminate the documents that may be used by a flight crew member, including checklists and flight documents; and
 (c) be compatible with each item of equipment that