Instrument number CASA 34/07

I, JAMES COYNE, Acting General Manager Manufacturing, Certification and New Technologies Office, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 235 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed J. Coyne]

James Coyne

Acting General Manager

Manufacturing, Certification and New Technologies Office

31 January 2007

Directions  for determining maximum weight

1 Duration

 This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 October 2008.

2 Application

 This instrument applies to each aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 (the aircraft) when it is:

(a) equipped with an external loop antenna; and

(b) operated by

 Fugro Airborne Surveys Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 401318 (the operator).

3 Directions

 I give the directions in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Aircraft

Manufacturer

Model

Nationality and registration marks

Short Bros

SC-7 Skyvan

VH-WGT

Construcciones Aeronauticas SA

CASA 212

VH-TEM

Schedule 2 Directions

 1 If a flight, take-off or landing (an operation) includes, or is likely to include, any of the circumstances mentioned in clause 3, the maximum weight that the gross weight of the aircraft is not to exceed at take-off or landing (MTOW), is to be determined through compliance with Civil Aviation Order 20.7.1B as if that Order applied to the aircraft in the circumstance.

 2 If an operation does not include, or is not likely to include, any of the circumstances mentioned in clause 3, the MTOW is to be determined through compliance with Civil Aviation Order 20.7.4 as if that Order applied to the aircraft — in the circumstance.

 3 The circumstances are:

(a) flight outside daylight; and

(b) except with the written approval of CASA — a take-off whose flight path involves flight below 1 000 feet AGL for more than 3 km over a city, town, populous or industrial area, or industrial plant (a restricted area); and

(c) except in an emergency, or with the written approval of CASAa landing whose flight path involves flight below 1 000 feet AGL for more than 3 km over a restricted area.