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CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.197 Special flight permits

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.197

Special flight permits

  (1)   A special flight permit may be issued for one or more of the following purposes for an aircraft that may not currently meet the applicable airworthiness requirements, but can reasonably be expected to be capable of safe flight for the intended purpose:

  (a)   flying the aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage;

  (b)   delivering or exporting the aircraft;

  (c)   production flight testing new production aircraft;

  (d)   evacuating the aircraft from areas of impending danger;

  (e)   conducting customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft that have satisfactorily completed production flight tests;

  (f)   assisting in searching for, bringing aid to or rescuing persons in danger on a particular occasion;

  (g)   assisting in dealing with a state of emergency.

  (2)   A special flight permit may authorise the operation of an aircraft at a weight in excess of its maximum take - off weight for flight beyond the normal range over water, or over land areas where adequate landing facilities or appropriate fuel is not available. The excess weight that may be authorised under this paragraph is limited to the additional fuel, fuel - carrying facilities, and navigation equipment necessary for the flight.

  (3)   For subsection   20AA(1) of the Act, an aircraft with a special flight permit, except a special flight permit issued for a purpose mentioned in paragraph   (1)(b), is not required to be registered.

  (4)   For paragraph   20AA(3)(a) of the Act, an aircraft with a special flight permit is not required to have a certificate of airworthiness.

  (6)   If CASA or an authorised person issues a special flight permit for an aircraft, CASA or the authorised person may direct that any of the following do not apply in relation to the aircraft while the permit is in force:

  (a)   paragraph   91.145(2)(c);

  (b)   paragraph   91.145(2)(d);

  (c)   Division   91.C.3.

Source   FARs section   21.197 modified.

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