The Air Navigation Order 2016

Loading instructions: exceptions

126.—(1) The loading instructions need not conform with article 123(4) and article 124(1) does not apply if the aircraft—

(a) has a maximum take-off mass of not more than 1,150kg;

(b) has a maximum take-off mass of not more than 2,730kg and the flight is—

(i) solely for training persons to perform duties in an aircraft and intended not to exceed 60 minutes in duration; or

(ii) intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome and not to exceed 60 minutes in duration; or

(c) is a helicopter which—

(i) has a maximum take-off mass of not more than 3,000kg; and

(ii) a total seating capacity of not more than five persons.

(2) Article 124(1) does not apply if—

(a) the load and the way it is to be distributed and secured on the next intended flight are to be unchanged from the previous flight; and

(b) the pilot in command of the aircraft makes and signs an endorsement to that effect on the load sheet for the previous flight, indicating—

(i) the date of the endorsement;

(ii) the place of departure on the next intended flight; and

(iii) the next intended place of destination.