EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 704.69 OF THE CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS

EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 704.69 OF THE CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS

Pursuant to subsection 5.9(2) of the Aeronautics Act, and after taking into account that the exemption is in the public interest and is not likely to affect aviation safety, I hereby exempt all air operators operating under Subpart 704 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) and the pilots working for hire or reward for those air operators from the requirements set out in section 704.69 of the CARs, subject to the terms of this exemption.

Section 704.69 of the CARs states that:

“After June 30, 2008, no person shall conduct a take-off in a transport category aeroplane, or in a non-transport category aeroplane in respect of which a type certificate was issued after December 31, 1964, that is equipped with a flight instrument Pitot heating system unless the aeroplane is also equipped with a Pitot heat indication system that meets the requirements of section 525.1326 of Chapter 525 — Transport Category Aeroplanes of the Airworthiness Manual.”

Purpose

The purpose of this exemption is to give Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 704 of the CARs additional time to comply with the installation of a Pitot heat indication system, as required by section 704.69 which came into force on June 30, 2007.

APPLICATION

This exemption applies to the air operators operating aircraft under Subpart 704 and to the pilots working for hire or reward for those air operators.

CONDITION

This exemption is subject to the following condition:

Air Operators shall complete the installation of the Pitot Heat Indication System on all the effected aircraft no later than June 30th, 2009.

VALIDITY

This exemption is in effect until the earliest of the following:

  1. June 30th, 2009, 23:59 EDT;
  2. the date on which any condition set out in this exemption is breached;
  3. the date on which the installation of the Pitot heat indication system is completed; or
  4. the date on which this exemption is cancelled in writing by the Minister where he is of the opinion that it is no longer in the public interest, or that it is likely to affect aviation safety.

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, this 6th day of May, 2008, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

OSB Merlin Preuss on May 6, 2008

Merlin Preuss
Director General
Civil Aviation

Date de modification :