Part 135 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Smaller Aeroplanes) Manual of Standards 2020 (Cth)

Part 135 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Smaller Aeroplanes) Manual of Standards 2020

made under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Compilation No. 3

Compilation date: 10 April 2024

Includes amendments up to: F2024L00435

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

Contents Chapter 1 — Preliminary 1.01 Name 1.03 Authority 1.04 Definitions and abbreviations 1.05 References to ICAO documents 1.06 References to AS/NZS standards, TSOs, ETSOs etc. 1.07 Applied, adopted or incorporated documents 1.08 Maximum distance of an area of water from land to be a suitable forced landing area 1.09 Additional permitted categories of aeroplanes Chapter 2 — Flight distance limitations 2.01 Flight distance requirements Chapter 3 — Carriage of documents and information Division 1—Flight-related documents 3.01 Carriage of documents 3.02 Carriage of documents—flights that begin, or end, outside Australian territory 3.03 Keeping and updating documents etc. Division 2—Emergency and survival equipment 3.04 Information about emergency and survival equipment Chapter 4 — Operational flight plans 4.01 Pre-flight content of operational flight plan 4.02 End of flight information for operational flight plan Chapter 5 — Alternate aerodrome requirements 5.01 Operations to remote islands Chapter 6 — Narrow runway requirements Chapter 7 — Fuel requirements 7.01 Purpose of Chapter 7 7.02 Definitions for Chapter 7 7.03 General requirements 7.04 Amounts of fuel to be carried on board for a flight 7.05 Requirements for determining fuel before, and monitoring fuel during, flight 7.06 Procedures if fuel reaches specified amount 7.07 Operational variations—fuel calculations Chapter 8 — Prescribed single-engine aeroplanes 8.01 Purpose of Chapter 8 8.02 Definition for Chapter 8 8.03 Prescribed kinds of single‑engine aeroplane 8.04 Prescribed matters—engine malfunction or failure 8.05 Prescribed matters—decision point 8.06 Prescribed matters—forced landing 8.07 Prescribed matters—engine ignition and performance 8.08 Prescribed matters—suitable route and forced landing areas Chapter 9 — Safety briefings, instructions and demonstrations, and certain flights over water Division 1—Safety briefings, instructions and demonstrations 9.01 Safety briefing card 9.02 Safety briefings, instructions, or demonstrations, before take-off 9.03 Safety instructions during flight Division 2—Flight of more than 25 nautical miles over water from a suitable forced landing area Chapter 10 — Performance Division 1—Small aeroplanes Subdivision 1—Preliminary 10.01 Application of Division 1 10.02 Definitions for this Division Subdivision 2—Take-off performance 10.03 Purpose of Subdivision 2 10.04 Meaning of factored take-off run 10.05 Approval of take‑off factor for a propeller‑driven aeroplane 10.06 Maximum permitted take-off weight 10.07 Take-off requirements 10.08 Initial climb performance and obstacle clearance 10.09 En route obstacle clearance for multi‑engine aeroplane Subdivision 3—Landing performance 10.10 Purpose of Subdivision 3 10.11 Meaning of factored landing distance 10.12 Approval of landing factor for a propeller‑driven aeroplane 10.13 Maximum permitted landing weight 10.14 Landing distance requirement 10.15 Approval of short landing operation by day Division 2—Large aeroplanes 10.16 Application of Division 2 10.17 Take-off performance and landing performance requirements Chapter 11 — Equipment Division 1—General 11.01 Purpose of Chapter 11 etc. Division 2—Approvals, visibility and inoperability 11.02 Approval of aeroplane equipment 11.03 Visibility, and accessibility, of equipment 11.04 Serviceability of equipment Division 3—Flight instruments 11.05 Day VFR flight instrument requirements 11.06 Night VFR flight instrument requirements 11.07 IFR flight instruments Division 4—Operational equipment 11.08 Radiocommunication systems 11.09 Navigation equipment 11.10 Automatic pilot 11.11 Equipment to ensure clear view through the windshield 11.12 Internal doors and curtains 11.13 Survival equipment 11.14 Equipment to measure, and record, cosmic radiation Division 5—Lighting systems 11.15 Cockpit, and cabin, lighting requirements 11.16 Anti-collision lights 11.17 Landing lights 11.18 Navigation lights Division 6—Alerting and warning system requirements 11.19 Definitions for Division 6 11.20 Altitude alerting equipment and assigned altitude indicator 11.21 Aeroplane flown with inoperative altitude alerting equipment or assigned altitude indicator 11.22 Airborne collision avoidance system—ACAS 11.23 ACAS—requirements for use 11.24 Flight with inoperative ACAS 11.25 Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) 11.25A Transitional provision—CAO 20.18 11.26 Flight with inoperative TAWS equipment 11.27 Airborne weather radar equipment 11.28 Flight with inoperative airborne weather radar equipment Division 7—Flight recorders 11.29 Definitions 11.30 Flight data recorder 11.31 Cockpit voice recorder 11.32 Combination recorders 11.33 FDR, CVR and combination recorder technical requirements 11.34 Use of FDR, CVR and combination recorders 11.35 Flight with an inoperative FDR, CVR or combination recorder 11.36 Data link recorder Division 8—Aeroplane interior communication systems 11.37 Flight crew intercommunication system 11.38 Crew interphone system Division 9—Oxygen equipment and oxygen supplies 11.39 Definitions for Division 9 11.40 Supplemental oxygen — pressurised aeroplanes 11.41 Supplemental oxygen — unpressurised aeroplanes 11.42 Oxygen masks — pressurised aeroplane 11.43 Oxygen dispensing units for passengers — pressurised aeroplane 11.44 Protective breathing equipment — flight crew members 11.45 Portable protective breathing equipment 11.46 First aid oxygen equipment — pressurised aeroplane Division 10—Emergency locator transmitters 11.47 Carriage of ELTs 11.48 ELT — basic technical requirements 11.49 Requirements to be classed as an automatic ELT 11.50 Requirements to be classed as an survival ELT 11.51 Transitional requirements for ELTs Division 11—Portable emergency equipment 11.52 Hand-held fire extinguishers 11.53 First-aid kits Division 12—Equipment for flights over water 11.54 Sea anchors etc. and sound signals — seaplanes and amphibians 11.55 Life jacket carriage requirements 11.56 Stowage of life jackets 11.57 Wearing life jackets 11.58 Life raft carriage requirements Division 13—Surveillance equipment 11.59 Definitions 11.60 Carriage of surveillance equipment 11.61 Operation of surveillance equipment—general requirements 11.62 Mode S transponders and ADS-B OUT—specific requirements 11.63 Alternate GNSS position source for ADS-B OUT — requirements 11.64 Alternate ADS-B OUT equipment configuration — requirements 11.65 Aeroplane flown with inoperative surveillance equipment Chapter 12 — Flight crew member training and checking Division 1—Preliminary 12.01 Definitions for Chapter 12 Division 2—Flight crew member training and checking events 12.02 Purpose of Division 2 12.03 Training and checking requirements 12.04 General emergency training 12.05 Conversion training and flight crew member proficiency check 12.06 Line training and flight crew member line check 12.07 Differences training 12.08 Recurrent training and checking 12.09 Remedial training Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 12.10 Purpose of Division 3 12.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking 12.12 CASA may test nominated individual Division 4—Command training for pilot in command 12.13 Command training requirements Division 5—Pilot in command in non-command seat 12.14 Non-command seat proficiency check requirements Chapter 13 — Air crew member training and checking Division 1—Preliminary 13.01 Definitions for Chapter 13 Division 2—Air crew member training and checking events 13.02 Purpose of Division 2 13.03 Training and checking requirements 13.04 General emergency training 13.05 Conversion training and air crew member proficiency check 13.06 Line training and air crew member line check 13.07 Differences training 13.08 Recurrent training and checking 13.09 Remedial training Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 13.10 Application of Division 3 13.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking 13.12 CASA may test nominated individual Chapter 14 — Medical transport specialist training and checking Division 1—Preliminary 14.01 Definitions for Chapter 14 Division 2—Medical transport specialist training and checking events 14.02 Purpose of Division 2 14.03 Training and checking requirements 14.04 General emergency training 14.05 Conversion training and medical transport specialist proficiency check 14.06 Line training and medical transport specialist line check 14.07 Differences training 14.08 Recurrent training and checking 14.09 Remedial training Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 14.10 Application of Division 3 14.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking 14.12 CASA may test nominated individual Notes to Part 135 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Smaller Aeroplanes) Manual of Standards 2020.98