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Regulation OTAR Part 91 - General Operating Instructions


                                            approved in accordance with Subpart SPA.
                                        (d)  An aircraft operating in airspace where minimum navigation performance specifications (MNPS)
                                            are prescribed shall:
                                             (1)  be equipped with navigation equipment capable of continuously and accurately
                                                 indicating to the flight crew adherence to or departure from track; and
                                             (2)  be approved in accordance with Subpart SPA.
                                        (e)  An aircraft operating in RVSM airspace shall be:
                                             (1)  provided with equipment capable of:
                                                   (i)  indicating to the flight crew the flight level being flown; and
                                                   (ii)  automatically maintaining a selected flight level to within ± 65 feet; and
                                                   (iii)  providing an aural and visual alert to the flight crew when a deviation from the
                                                       selected flight level occurs. The threshold for the alert shall not exceed 300
                                                       feet (90 metres); and
                                             (2)  approved in accordance with Subpart SPA.
                                        (f)  All required radio navigation equipment shall comply with the FM-immunity requirements of ICAO
                                            Annex 10 Volumes I and III.
                                        (g)  Any radio navigation equipment fitted on the aircraft that does not comply with the FM-Immunity
                                            requirements of ICAO Annex 10 shall be placarded to alert flight crew to the potential for radio
                                            interference.
             OTAR.91.680             Landing in instrument meteorological conditions
                                      An aircraft that may require to land in instrument meteorological conditions shall be provided with radio
                                      equipment appropriate to the aids to be used. This equipment shall be capable of receiving signals to
                                      provide guidance to a point from which a visual landing can be made at any aerodrome used and for any
                                      designated alternate aerodrome.
             OTAR.91.685             Category II and III precision approach equipment
                                      An aircraft conducting a Category II, other than Standard Category II, or Category III operation shall be
                                      equipped and approved in accordance with Subpart SPA.
             OTAR.91.700             Medical and emergency equipment
                                        (a)  An aircraft shall be equipped with:

                                                one or more first aid kits, stowed in accessible places.
                                        (b)  Contents of first aid kits shall be appropriate to the nature of the flight, and suitable to treat minor
                                            injuries.
                                        (c)  An aircraft shall be equipped with:
                                             (1)  at least one fire extinguisher, located in reach of a flight crew member and of a type
                                                 that will not interfere with the proper functioning of essential aircraft equipment; and
                                             (2)  at least one fire extinguisher in each compartment that is separate from the pilots’
                                                 compartment.
                                        (d)  Any agent used in a built-in fire extinguisher for each lavatory disposal receptacle for towels,
                                            paper or waste in an aircraft for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual
                                            aircraft, was issued on or after 31 December 2011 and any extinguishing agent used in a
                                            portable fire extinguisher in an aircraft for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first
                                            issued on or after 31 December 2018 shall not be of a type listed in Annex A, Group II of the
                                            Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, 8th Edition, 2009.

                                            Note: Information concerning extinguishing agents is contained in the UNEP Halons Technical
                                            Options Committee Technical Note No. 1 – New Technology Halon Alternatives and FAA Report
                                            No. DOT/FAA/AR-99-63, Options to the Use of Halons for Aircraft Fire Suppression Systems.
             OTAR.91.705             Emergency locator transmitter
                                        (a)  All required ELTs shall operate in accordance with the requirements of ICAO Annex 10, Volume III
                                            and be capable of transmitting on 121.5 MHz and 406 MHz.
                                        (b)  All ELTs capable of transmitting on 406 MHz must be coded in accordance with ICAO Annex 10
                                            and registered with the agency responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft register.
                                      Aeroplanes –
                                        (c)  Except as provided in paragraph (d) an aeroplane shall carry at least one ELT of any type.
                                        (d)  An aeroplane for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual aeroplane, was
                                            issued after 1 July 2008 shall be equipped with at least one automatic ELT.
                                      Helicopters –
                                        (e)  Performance Class 1 and 2 operations –
                                             (1)  A helicopter operating in performance Class 1 or 2 shall be equipped with at least one
                                                 automatic ELT; and
                                             (2)  when flying over water as described in 91.715, with at least one automatic ELT and one
                                                 ELT(S) in a raft or life jacket.
                                        (f)  Performance Class 3 operations –
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