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Regulation OTAR Part 135 - CAT - Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes

(1) A helicopter operating in performance Class 3 shall be equipped with at least one
automatic ELT; and
(2) when flying over water as described in 135.715, with at least one automatic ELT and
one ELT(S) in a raft or life jacket.

OTAR.135.710 Survival equipment
The operator shall ensure that:
(a) An aircraft shall carry survival equipment and signalling devices appropriate to the areas to be
overflown.
(b) The decision on the equipment to be carried shall be made with regard to the circumstances of
the flight; and
(c) For an aircraft operating over water, consideration of the risks to survival of the occupants of the
aircraft in the event of a ditching shall take into account, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) the operating environment; and
(2) conditions such as sea state, sea and air temperature; and
(3) the distance from land suitable for making an emergency landing; and
(4) the availability of search and rescue facilities.
(d) A record of the risk assessement carried out under (c) shall be maintained and revised as
necessary in accordance with the requirements of the operator's safety management system.
(e) The equipment carried shall include, as appropriate, the equipment specified in paragraph
135.715 and Appendix B.
OTAR.135.715 Flights over water
The operator shall ensure that:
(a) Liferafts, lifejackets, and signalling devices required by this paragraph shall be installed in
conspicuously identified locations and easily accessible in the event of a ditching.
(b) Each lifejacket or equivalent individual flotation device, required by this paragraph shall:
(1) be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the
location of persons, with the exception of individual flotation devices required under
135.715(d); and
(2) be stowed in a place which is easily accessible from the seat or berth of the person for
whose use it is provided.
(c) .
(1) An aircraft flying over water beyond gliding or autorotational distance from land shall be
equipped with a lifejacket, or equivalent individual flotation device, for every person on
board.
(2) In a helicopter operating in Performance Class 1 or 2 when flying over water at a
distance from land corresponding to more than 10 minutes at normal cruise speed (in
accordance with paragraph (h)(3)) the lifejacket shall be worn constantly unless the
occupant is wearing an integrated survival suit that includes the functionality of the
lifejacket.
(d) An aircraft when taking off or landing at an aerodrome or heliport 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 a
ditching, shall be equipped with a lifejacket or equivalent individual flotation device, for every
person on board.
(e) A seaplane or amphibian aeroplane operated on water, shall be equipped with:
(1) a lifejacket, or equivalent individual flotation device, for every person on board
(2) equipment for making sound signals, as prescribed by the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea; and
(3) one sea anchor; and
(4) equipment necessary for mooring, anchoring or manoeuvring the aircraft on water,
appropriate to the size, mass and handling characteristics of the aircraft.
Aeroplanes flying over water –
(f) A single-engine aeroplane, or multi-engine aeroplane that would be unable to maintain level flight
above the minimum flight altitude in the event of an engine failure, if operating over water more
than 30 minutes at cruise speed or 100 NM, whichever is lesser, from land suitable to make an
emergency landing shall be equipped as follows:
(1) a lifejacket, or equivalent individual flotation device, for every person on board
(2) liferafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so as to facilitate
their ready use in emergency, provided with such life-saving equipment, including
means of sustaining life, as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken; and
(3) equipment for making the distress signals described in the Rules of the Air.
(4) liferafts shall be equipped in accordance with Appendix B.
(g) A multi-engine aeroplane capable of continuing flight without descending below the minimum
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