RPT operations in multiengine aeroplanes with MTOW not above 5700 kg - aeroplane weight and performance limitations has been approved.

This Civil Aviation Advisory Publication (CAAP) has been prepared by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to provide advice relevant to regulation 235 of CAR 1988 and CAO 20.7.2.

New regulations relating to flight manuals (regulations 54 and 55 of CAR 1988) came into force in August 1999. The flight manuals now in use do not contain some of the detailed performance information necessary for the operator to show compliance with CAO 20.7.2.

This CAAP provides clarification of the status of performance information in flight manuals which were superseded between August 1999 and August 2002 and advises how an operator can show compliance with CAO 20.7.2.

In RPT operations, take-off and landing distances required must include safety factors but these factors are not specified in CAO 20.7.2. They are not readily found by readers.

This CAAP seeks to clarify the safety factors applicable to take-off and landing distances in regular public transport operations in aeroplanes of MTOW not exceeding 5700 kg.

FMI: www.casa.gov.au/avreg/rules/changes/index.htm