Manual of Standards Part 173—Standards Applicable to Instrument Flight Procedure Design (Cth)

Manual of Standards Part 173—Standards Applicable to Instrument Flight Procedure Design Version 1.8 made under Part 173 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998

Compilation No. 7

Compilation date: 11 August 2022

Includes amendments up to: F2022L01052

Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.

Manual of Standards Part 173—Standards Applicable to Instrument Flight Procedure Design

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Table of Contents

Manual of Standards Part 173—Standards Applicable to Instrument Flight Procedure Design Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Section 1.1: General 1.1.1 Authority for this Part and CASA's Commitment to ICAO 1.1.2 Differences between ICAO documents and standards in the MOS 1.1.3 Document Set 1.1.4 MOS Documentation Change Management 1.1.5 Related Documents 1.1.6 Definitions Chapter 2: Organisation Section 2.1: Operations Manual 2.1.1 Standards 2.1.2 Authorised Designers Chapter 3: Design Personnel Section 3.1: Certified Designers 3.1.1 Grades of Instrument Flight Procedure Designer 3.1.2 Chief Designer 3.1.3 Qualified Designer 3.1.4 Unqualified Persons 3.1.5 Supervisors 3.1.6 Minimum Experience 3.1.7 Recency Section 3.2: Authorised Designers 3.2.1 Qualifications and Experience Section 3.3: Approved Instrument Flight Procedure Design Courses 3.3.1 Approval of Courses Section 3.4: Administration 3.4.1 Staff Records 3.4.2 Approvals Chapter 4: Documentation and Reference Material Section 4.1: General 4.1.1 Reference Material 4.1.2 Document and Record Control System 4.1.3 Records Chapter 5: Safety Management System Section 5.1: General 5.1.1 Requirement 5.1.2 Safety Management System—Standards Chapter 6: Procedure Design Administration Section 6.1: General 6.1.1 Classification of Procedures 6.1.2 Validation 6.1.3 Publication 6.1.4 Maintenance 6.1.5 Obstacle Clearance Advice to Aerodrome Operators Section 6.2: Design Authorisations 6.2.1 General 6.2.2 Content Chapter 7: Flight Validation Section 7.1: General 7.1.1 Overview 7.1.2 Maps and Charts 7.1.3 Weather 7.1.4 Responsibilities 7.1.5 Aircraft 7.1.6 Crew 7.1.7 Conduct of Operations 7.1.8 Environment 7.1.9 Validation of the Procedure 7.1.10 25 and 10 NM Minimum Sector Altitude 7.1.11 Terminal Arrival Altitude (TAA) 7.1.12 DME/GPS Arrival Procedures 7.1.13 Circling Area 7.1.14 Final and Intermediate Segments 7.1.15 Missed Approach Segment 7.1.16 Linking the Final and Missed Approach Segments 7.1.17 Holding and Initial Segments 7.1.18 'Flyability' Check 7.1.19 Windsocks 7.1.20 Flight Safety 7.1.21 Traffic 7.1.22 Environmental Issues 7.1.23 Reporting 7.1.24 Pilots Section 7.2: Sample Flight Validation Report Chapter 8: Design Standards Section 8.1: General 8.1.1 Procedure Design 8.1.2 Procedure Identification 8.1.3 Straight-in Non-Precision Approach Procedures 8.1.4 Visual Segment Limitations 8.1.5 OCA and Descent Limits 8.1.6 Visibility 8.1.7 State Minima 8.1.8 Aerodrome Operating Minima (AOM) 8.1.9 General Alternate Minima 8.1.10 Special Alternate Minima 8.1.11 International IFR Operations Outside Australia 8.1.12 Australian Differences to ICAO PANS-OPS Vol II 8.1.13 Table of Operationally Equivalent Values 8.1.14 Special Authorisation Category I Approach Procedures 8.1.15 Special Authorisation Category II Approach Procedures Section 8.2: Lowest Safe Altitudes 8.2.1 Lowest Safe Altitudes 8.2.2 Effective Areas 8.2.3 Charts 8.2.4 Altitude Tolerance 8.2.5 Navigation Tolerance Area Construction—Examples Section 8.3: DME/GPS Arrivals 8.3.1 Introduction to DME/GPS Arrival Procedures 8.3.2 DME/GPS Arrival Procedure Design 8.3.3 Obstacle Clearance 8.3.4 DME/GPS Steps 8.3.5 Minimum Altitudes 8.3.6 Missed Approach 8.3.7 Method of Production Section 8.4: Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs) 8.4.1 STAR Standards Section 8.5: Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) 8.5.1 SID Standards Section 8.6: Helicopter off-shore procedures — airborne radar 8.6.1 Definitions and abbreviations 8.6.2 Application 8.6.3 Airborne radar equipment and ground radar equipment 8.6.4 Flight crew techniques 8.6.5 Types of procedures 8.6.6 Procedure design principles 8.6.7 Procedure area 8.6.8 Flight crew operating tolerance 8.6.9 Obstacle clearance 8.6.10 Values 8.6.11 Allowance for tidal rise and fall 8.6.12 Visibility 8.6.13 Determination of obstacle avoidance 8.6.14 Missed approach point (MAPt) 8.6.15 Administration Section 8.8: Helicopter procedures — GNSS/NPAs 8.8.1 Application 8.8.2 Administration 8.8.3 Procedure Overview 8.8.4 Visual Approach Area—Helicopter 8.8.5 VAA-H Dimensions 8.8.6 Obstacle Clearance 8.8.7 Missed Approach 8.8.8 Calculation of MDA Section 8.9: Publishing 8.9.1 Procedure to be published in accordance with data product specification REVISION HISTORY......................................................rh-1 NOTES TO MANUAL OF STANDARDS PART 173........................Notes-1