Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341:body:0:p53
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 131334–134164

of the MTOW HOGE permitted by the AFM for the most limiting mass of the operation; and
           (iii) subject to subsection (2A), is not operating over water; and
           (iv) carries only flight crew, and essential air crew members and task specialists (if any);
(d) for an operation that is an ESO, or training for an ESO — the rotorcraft must:
           (i) for day VFR operations — at least meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 9.05 (b), (c), (d) and (e); and
           (ii) for operations under the IFR — be a multi-engine rotorcraft with OEI accountability; and
           (iii) for operations at night:
            (A) be a multi-engine rotorcraft with OEI accountability; and
            (B) be capable of using (and the pilot in command must be using) NVIS for the operation;
(e) despite subparagraphs (d) (ii) and (iii), and subject to Chapter 11, for an operation that is an ESO, or is training for an ESO, when operating over an ESO operating site, the rotorcraft need not be operated with OEI accountability provided the operator's risk assessment indicates that it is safe not to so operate;
(f) the FCMs, air crew members and task specialists in the operation must be able to communicate directly with each other using:
           (i) radiocommunications; or
           (ii) an effective system of visual communication.

Class D external loads — winching over water for recovery of unserviceable rotorcraft
       (2A) If an operation, to which paragraph (2) (c) would otherwise apply, is over water for the sole purpose of assisting in the recovery of an unserviceable rotorcraft from the deck of a vessel or an off-shore platform, then the following requirements, additional to those mentioned in paragraph (2) (c), must be met:
(a) the rotorcraft must be a multi-engine rotorcraft;
(b) the rotorcraft must be fitted with an emergency flotation system;
(c) each crew member for the flight (including each task specialist) must be current in underwater escape training, in accordance with this MOS.

Class D external loads — belly hook or platform
       (3) If an operation is a Class D external load operation in the form of a person:
(a) suspended from a belly hook attached to the rotorcraft; or
(b) carried on a platform attached to the rotorcraft;
then the operator and pilot in command must meet the following requirements:
(c) application of the operator's operational risk assessment process must indicate that the operation meets at least an acceptable level of safety;
       Note   See Chapter 13.
(d) the FCMs, air crew members and task specialists in the operation must be able to communicate directly with each other using:
           (i) radiocommunications; or
           (i) an effective system of visual communication;
(e) if the rotorcraft cannot hover out of ground effect (HOGE)