Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012Show full title

[F1 SECTION 3 U.K. Sailplanes

SPO.IDE.S.100 Instruments and equipment — general U.K.

(a) Instruments and equipment required by this Subpart shall be approved in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements if they are: U.K.

(1)

used by the flight crew to control the flight path;

(2)

used to comply with SPO.IDE.S.145;

(3)

used to comply with SPO.IDE.S.150; or

(4)

installed in the sailplane.

(b) The following items, when required by this Subpart, do not need an equipment approval: U.K.

(1)

independent portable light,

(2)

accurate time piece, and

(3)

survival and signalling equipment.

(c) Instruments and equipment not required by this Subpart as well as any other equipment that is not required by other applicable Annexes, but is carried on a flight, shall comply with the following: U.K.

(1)

the information provided by these instruments, equipment or accessories shall not be used by the flight crew to comply with Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008; and

(2)

the instruments and equipment shall not affect the airworthiness of the sailplane, even in the case of failures or malfunction.

(d) Instruments and equipment shall be readily operable or accessible from the station where the flight crew member that needs to use it is seated. U.K.

(e) All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use. U.K.

SPO.IDE.S.105 Minimum equipment for flight U.K.

A flight shall not be commenced when any of the sailplane instruments, items of equipment or functions required for the intended flight are inoperative or missing, unless:

(a)

the sailplane is operated in accordance with the MEL, if established; or

(b)

the sailplane is subject to a permit to fly issued in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements.

SPO.IDE.S.115 Operations under VFR — flight and navigational instruments U.K.

(a) Sailplanes operated under VFR by day shall be equipped with a means of measuring and displaying the following: U.K.

(1)

in the case of powered sailplanes, magnetic heading,

(2)

time in hours, minutes and seconds,

(3)

pressure altitude, and

(4)

indicated airspeed.

(b) Sailplanes operating in conditions where the sailplane cannot be maintained in a desired attitude without reference to one or more additional instruments, shall be, in addition to (a), equipped with a means of measuring and displaying: U.K.

(1)

vertical speed,

(2)

attitude or turn and slip, and

(3)

magnetic heading.

SPO.IDE.S.120 Cloud flying — flight and navigational instruments U.K.

Sailplanes performing cloud flying shall be equipped with a means of measuring and displaying:

(a)

magnetic heading,

(b)

time in hours, minutes and seconds,

(c)

pressure altitude,

(d)

indicated airspeed,

(e)

vertical speed, and

(f)

attitude or turn and slip.

SPO.IDE.S.125 Seats and restraint systems U.K.

(a) Sailplanes shall be equipped with: U.K.

(1)

a seat for each person on board; and

(2)

a seat belt with upper torso restraint system for each seat according to the AFM.

(b) A seat belt with upper torso restraint system shall have a single point release. U.K.

SPO.IDE.S.130 Supplemental oxygen U.K.

Sailplanes operated at pressure altitudes above 10 000 ft shall be equipped with an oxygen storage and dispensing apparatus carrying enough breathing oxygen to supply:

(a)

crew members for any period in excess of 30 minutes when the pressure altitude will be between 10 000 ft and 13 000 ft; and

(b)

all crew members and task specialists for any period that the pressure altitude will be above 13 000 ft.

SPO.IDE.S.135 Flight over water U.K.

The pilot-in-command of a sailplane operated over water shall determine the risks to survival of the occupants of the sailplane in the event of a ditching, based on which he/she shall determine the carriage of:

(a)

a life-jacket, or equivalent individual floatation device, for each person on board, that shall be worn or stowed in a position that is readily accessible from the seat of the person for whose use it is provided;

(b)

an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) or a personal locator beacon (PLB), carried by a crew member or a task specialist, capable of transmitting simultaneously on 121,5 MHz and 406 MHz; and

(c)

equipment for making distress signals, when operating a flight:

(1)

over water beyond gliding distance from land; or

(2)

where the take-off or approach path is so disposed over water that in the event of a mishap there would be a likelihood of ditching.

SPO.IDE.S.140 Survival equipment U.K.

Sailplanes operated over areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult shall be equipped with such signalling devices and life-saving equipment as appropriate to the area overflown.

SPO.IDE.S.145 Radio communication equipment U.K.

(a) Where required by the airspace being flown sailplanes shall be equipped with radio communication equipment capable of conducting two-way communication with those aeronautical stations or those frequencies to meet airspace requirements U.K.

(b) Radio communication equipment, if required by (a), shall provide for communication on the aeronautical emergency frequency 121,5 MHz. U.K.

SPO.IDE.S.150 Navigation equipment U.K.

Sailplanes shall be equipped with any navigation equipment necessary to proceed in accordance with:

(a)

the ATS flight plan if applicable; and

(b)

the applicable airspace requirements.

SPO.IDE.S.155 Transponder U.K.

When required by the airspace being flown, sailplanes shall be equipped with a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) transponder with all the required capabilities.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 of 7 April 2014 amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.