NPA 2009-02b

30 Jan 2009 VFR as

AMC2 OPS.CAT.525.A Communication and navigation equipment for controlled flights, night flights and IFR flights Motor-powered aircraft

ACCEPTABLE NUMBER AND TYPE OF COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR AEROPLANES 1. Aeroplanes should be equipped with: a. One VOR receiving system, one ADF system, one DME, except that an ADF system need not be installed provided that the use of ADF is not required in any phase of the planned flight; One ILS or MLS where ILS or MLS is required for approach navigation purposes; One Marker Beacon receiving system where a Marker Beacon is required for approach navigation purposes; Area Navigation equipment when area navigation is required for the route being flown (e.g. equipment required by OPS.SPA.001.SPN); An additional DME system on any route, or part thereof, where navigation is based only on DME signals; An additional VOR receiving system on any route, or part thereof, where navigation is based only on VOR signals; and An additional ADF system on any route, or part thereof, where navigation is based only on NDB signals.

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An aeroplane may be operated without the navigation equipment specified in 1.e. and1 f. provided it is equipped with alternative equipment. The reliability and the accuracy of alternative equipment should allow safe navigation for the intended route. For short haul operations (operations not crossing the North Atlantics) in the NAT MNPS airspace, an aeroplane may be equipped with only one Long Range Communication System (HF-system) if alternative communication procedures are published for the airspace concerned. An operator should ensure that aeroplanes conducting ETOPS have a communication means capable of communicating with an appropriate ground station at normal and planned contingency altitudes. For ETOPS routes where voice communication facilities are available, voice communications shall be provided. For all ETOPS operations beyond 180 minutes, reliable communication technology, either voice based or data link, should be installed. Where voice communication facilities are not available and where voice communication is not possible or is of poor quality, communications using alternative systems should be ensured. To perform IFR operations without an ADF system installed, an operator should consider the following guidelines on equipment carriage, operational procedures and training criteria. a. The removal/non installation of ADF equipment from an aeroplane may only be done where it is not essential for navigation, and provided that alternative equipment giving equivalent or enhanced navigation capability is carried. This may be accomplished by the carriage of an additional VOR receiver or a GNSS receiver approved for IFR operations. For IFR operations without ADF, an operator should ensure that: i. ii. iii. route segments that rely solely on ADF for navigation are not flown; a firm commitment is made not to fly any ADF/NDB procedures; that the MEL has been amended to take account of the non-carriage of ADF;

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