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Regulation OTAR Part 135 - CAT - Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes

flight altitude after an engine failure, if operating over water more than 90 minutes at cruising
speed or 200 NM, whichever is less, from land suitable for making an emergency landing shall be
equipped as follows:
(1) a lifejacket, or equivalent individual flotation device, for every person on board; and
(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.

Helicopters flying over water –
(h) A helicopter operating over water shall:
(1) If required to carry more than one liferaft, have at least 50 per cent of the liferafts
deployable by remote control. Rafts which are not deployable by remote control and
which have a mass of more than 40 kg shall be equipped with some means of
mechanically assisted deployment; and
(2) When two life-rafts are fitted, each shall be able to carry all occupants in the overload
state.
Note: The overload state is a design safety margin of 1.5 times the maximum capacity.
Performance Class 1 and 2 operations –
(3) 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, shall be
equipped as follows:
(i) certificated for ditching or, for coastal transit operations only, be fitted with a
permanent or rapidly deployable means of flotation so as to ensure a safe
ditching of the helicopter; and
(ii) liferaft(s) sufficient to carry all persons on board, suitably equipped to sustain
life in the expected conditions; and
(iii) equipment for making the distress signals described in the Rules of the Air;
and
(iv) any additional equipment decided by reference to the assessment in
135.710(c).
(v) a survival suit worn by each crew member if operating over water when the
sea temperature is less than 10°C or when the estimated rescue time
exceeds the calculated survival time; and
Note: Deviation from this requirement may be applied for when the elevation
and strength of the sun results in a high temperature hazard on the flight
deck.
Performance Class 3 operations –
(4) A helicopter operating in performance Class 3 when flying beyond auto-rotational or
safe forced landing distance from land, shall be equipped as follows:
(i) be fitted with a permanent or rapidly deployable means of flotation so as to
ensure a safe ditching of the helicopter; and
(ii) when not precluded by consideration related to the type of helicopter used,
life raft(s) sufficient to carry all persons on board, suitably equipped to
sustain life in the expected conditions; and
(iii) equipment for making the distress signals described in the Rules of the Air.
(iv) any additional equipment decided by reference to the assessment in
135.710(c).

OTAR.135.720 Transponder
(a) An aircraft shall be equipped with a pressure-altitude reporting secondary surveillance radar
(SSR) transponder and any other SSR transponder capability that is required for the route being
flown.
Note 1: The SSR transponders should operate in accordance with the relevant provisions of
ICAO Annex 10, Volume
(b) An aeroplane shall be equipped with a data source that provides pressure altitude information
with a resolution of 25 ft (7.62 m) or better.
(c) A Mode S transponder shall be provided with the airborne/on-the-ground status where the aircraft
is equipped with an automatic means of detecting such status.
OTAR.135.725 Passenger safety instructions
An aircraft shall be equipped with a means of conveying the following information and instructions to
passengers:
(a) when seat belts are to be fastened; and
(b) when and how any oxygen equipment that is required to be carried is to be used; and
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