Singapore legislation

Regulation 68

of Air Navigation (125 — Complex General Aviation) Regulations 2018

Regulation 68

Aircraft operating at night or under IFR

Subregulation 1

For every aircraft that is to be flown at night, in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules or when the surface is not in sight during a complex general aviation operation, the CGAC holder must ensure that the aircraft is equipped with a means of measuring or displaying —

(a)

magnetic heading;

(b)

the time in hours, minutes and seconds;

(c)

barometric altitude, from 2 independent altimetry sources, at least one of which must be a sensitive pressure altimeter;

(d)

airspeed, with a means of preventing malfunctioning due to either condensation or icing;

(e)

mach number, if the speed limitation prescribed by the aircraft flight manual is expressed in terms of mach number;

(f)

aircraft attitude indicator for each required pilot;

(g)

stabilised aircraft heading;

(h)

the adequacy of the power supply to any gyroscopic instrument;

(i)

the outside air temperature; and

(j)

the rate of climb and descent.

Subregulation 2

A CGAC holder must ensure that each attitude indicator required under paragraph (1)(f) —

(a)

is powered by a separate source that is capable of automatically continuing to power the indicator for at least 30 minutes after total failure of the main electrical generating system; and

(b)

has an indicator on the instrument panel of the aircraft to inform the pilot when the attitude indicator is being operated by emergency power.

Subregulation 3

Where an aircraft is to be flown at night during a complex general aviation operation, the CGAC holder must ensure that the aircraft is equipped with the following lights:

(a)

lights as required by the Rules of the Air;

(b)

illumination for all flight instruments and equipment that are essential for the safe operation of the aircraft;

(c)

lights in all passenger compartments;

(d)

a landing light if the aircraft is an aeroplane, or a landing light trainable in the vertical plane if the aircraft is a helicopter;

(e)

an independent portable light for each crew member.

Subregulation 4

Where the aircraft mentioned in paragraph (1) is an aeroplane, the CGAC holder —

(a)

must ensure that the aeroplane is equipped with a means of measuring and displaying turn and slip (called in this paragraph a turn and slip indicator); and

(b)

may, in lieu of an aircraft attitude indicator required under paragraph (1)(f), equip the aeroplane with a turn and slip indicator in addition to the requirement in sub‑paragraph (a).

Subregulation 5

Where the aircraft mentioned in paragraph (1) is a helicopter, the CGAC holder must ensure that the helicopter is equipped with —

(a)

a slip indicator; and

(b)

an aircraft attitude indicator in addition to the requirement in paragraph (1)(f).

Subregulation 6

In this regulation, “the surface is not in sight” means that —

(a)

the flight crew is not able to see sufficient surface features; or

(b)

the surface illumination is insufficient to enable the flight crew to maintain the aircraft at a desired attitude without reference to any flight instrument.