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should be rigidly fixed to the aircraft structure, as far aft as is practicable, with its antenna
and connections arranged so as to maximise the probability of the signal being
transmitted after a crash.
(c) Any ELT carried should operate in accordance with the relevant provisions of ICAO
Annex 10, Volume III, and should be registered with the national agency responsible for
initiating search and rescue or other nominated agency.
NCO.IDE.H.170 AMC3 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)
PLB TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
(a) A personal locator beacon (PLB) should have a built-in GNSS receiver with a
cosmicheskaya sistyema poiska avariynich sudov — search and rescue satellite-aided
tracking (COSPAS-SARSAT) type approval number. However, devices with a COSPAS-
SARSAT number belonging to series 700 are excluded as this series of numbers
identifies the special-use beacons not meeting all the technical requirements and all the
tests specified by COSPAS-SARSAT.
(b) Any PLB carried should be registered with the national agency responsible for initiating
search and rescue or other nominated agency.
NCO.IDE.H.170 AMC4 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)
BRIEFING ON PLB USE
When a PLB is carried by a passenger, he/she should be briefed on its characteristics and use by
the pilot-in-command before the flight.
NCO.IDE.H.170 GM1 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)
TERMINOLOGY
(a) An ELT is a generic term describing equipment that broadcasts distinctive signals on
designated frequencies and, depending on application, may be activated by impact or
may be manually activated.
(b) A PLB is an emergency beacon other than an ELT that broadcasts distinctive signals on
designated frequencies, is standalone, portable and is manually activated by the
survivors.
NCO.IDE.H.175 Flight over water
(a) Helicopters shall be equipped with a life-jacket for each person on board or equivalent
individual flotation device for each person on board younger than 24 months, which shall
be worn or stowed in a position that is readily accessible from the seat or berth of the
person for whose use it is provided, when:
(1) flying over water beyond autorotational distance from land where in case of the
critical engine failure, the helicopter is not able to sustain level flight; or
(2) flying over water at a distance of land corresponding to more than 10 minutes flying
at normal cruising speed, where in case of the critical engine failure, the helicopter
is able to sustain level flight; or
(3) taking off or landing at an aerodrome/operating site where the take-off or approach
path is over water.
(b) Each life-jacket or equivalent individual flotation device shall be equipped with a means of
electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons.
(c) The pilot-in-command of a helicopter operated on a flight over water at a distance from
land corresponding to more than 30 minutes flying time at normal cruising speed or 50
NM, whichever is less, shall determine the risks to survival of the occupants of the
helicopter in the event of a ditching, based on which he/she shall determine the carriage
of:
(1) equipment for making the distress signals;
(2) life-rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so as to
facilitate their ready use in emergency; and
(3) life-saving equipment, to provide the means of sustaining life, as appropriate to the
flight to be undertaken.
(d) The pilot-in-command shall determine the risks to survival of the occupants of the
helicopter in the event of a ditching, when deciding if the life-jackets required in (a) shall
be worn by all occupants.
NCO.IDE.H.175 AMC1 Flight over water
ACCESSIBILITY OF LIFE-JACKETS
The life-jacket, if not worn, should be accessible from the seat or berth of the person for whose use it
is provided, with a safety belt or a restraint system fastened.
RISK ASSESSMENT
(a) When conducting the risk assessment, the pilot-in-command should base his/her
decision, as far as is practicable, on the Implementing Rules and AMCs applicable to the
operation of the helicopter.
(b) The pilot-in-command should, for determining the risk, take the following operating
environment and conditions into account:
(1) sea state;
(2) sea and air temperatures;
(3) the distance from land suitable for making an emergency landing; and
(4) the availability of search and rescue facilities.
NCO.IDE.H.175 GM1 Flight over water
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