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Regulation OTAR Part 91 - General Operating Instructions

(b) Subject to (c) and (d), articles and animals (whether or not attached to a parachute) shall not be
dropped, or be permitted to drop, to the surface from an aircraft flying over the Territory except
under and in accordance with the terms of an aerial application permission granted by the
Governor in accordance with Appendix C.
(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to the dropping of articles by, or with the authority of, the pilot-in-
command of the aircraft in any of the following circumstances:
(1) the dropping of articles for the purpose of saving life;
(2) the jettisoning, in case of emergency, of fuel or other articles in the aircraft;
(3) the dropping of ballast in the form of fine sand or water;
(4) the dropping of articles solely for the purpose of navigating the aircraft in accordance
with ordinary practice or with the provisions of the Order;
(5) the dropping at an aerodrome of tow ropes, banners, or similar articles towed by
aircraft;
(6) the dropping of articles for the purposes of public health or as a measure against
weather conditions, surface icing or oil pollution, or for training for the dropping of
articles for any such purposes, if the articles are dropped with the permission of the
Governor; or
(7) the dropping of wind drift indicators for the purpose of enabling parachute descents to
be made if the wind drift indicators are dropped with the permission of the Governor.
(d) Paragraph (b) does not apply to the lowering of any article or animal from a helicopter to the
surface in accordance with the terms of a permission granted by the Governor as required under
91.380.
OTAR.91.390 Dropping of persons – Parachuting
(a) A person shall not drop, be dropped or be permitted to drop to the surface or jump from an
aircraft flying over the Territory except under and in accordance with the terms of a parachuting
permission granted by the Governor in accordance with Appendix C.
(b) A person shall not drop, be dropped or be permitted to drop from an aircraft in flight so as to
endanger persons or property.
(c) An aircraft shall not be used for the purpose of dropping persons unless:

(1) there is a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of that aircraft
under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered; and
(2) that certificate or the flight manual includes an express provision that it may be used for
that purpose; and
(3) the aircraft is operated in accordance with a written permission granted by the
Governor in accordance with Appendix C.

Note: The 91.370(a) limitation on the number of persons to be carried is not applicable
to aerial work parachuting flights.

(d) The pilot-in-command shall ensure that all persons to be carried are briefed before take-off on
the relevant procedures to be followed (including normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures)
and any aircraft equipment to be used during the parachuting operation.
(e) Nothing in this paragraph:
(1) applies to the descent of persons by parachute from an aircraft in an emergency;
(2) prohibits the lowering of any person in an emergency or for the purpose of saving life;
(3) prohibits the disembarkation of any person from a helicopter hovering in ground effect
in accordance with normal aviation practice; or
(4) prohibits the lowering of any person from a helicopter to the surface in accordance with
the terms of a permission granted by the Governor as required under 91.380.

OTAR.91.400 Meteorological conditions – VFR flight
A flight to be conducted in accordance with the visual flight rules shall not be commenced unless current
meteorological reports or a combination of current reports and forecasts indicate that the meteorological
conditions along the route or that part of the route to be flown under the visual flight rules will, at the
appropriate time, be such as to enable compliance with these rules.
OTAR.91.405 Commercial air transport aeroplane operations at night or in IMC
A single-engine aeroplane, or a two-engine aeroplane that is unable to maintain a positive climb gradient in
the event of an engine failure on take-off, shall not be flown for the purpose of commercial air transport at
night or in instrument meteorological conditions unless it is flying on a special VFR flight in a control zone.
OTAR.91.410 Meteorological conditions – IFR flight
(a) A flight to be conducted in accordance with the instrument flight rules shall not:
(1) take off or continue beyond the point of in-flight re-planning unless at the aerodrome of
intended landing or at each alternate aerodrome to be selected in accordance with
OTAR 91.265, current meteorological reports or a combination of current reports and
forecasts indicate that the meteorological conditions will be, at the estimated time of
use, at or above the aerodrome operating minima for that operation.

OTAR.91.415 IFR departure limitations
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