Singapore legislation

Regulation 94

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

Regulation 94

Ground proximity warning system

Subregulation 1

A CGAC holder must ensure that an aircraft that corresponds to one of the following descriptions is equipped with a ground proximity warning system which has a forward‑looking terrain avoidance function if the aircraft is to be operated for its complex general aviation operations:

(a)

a turbine‑powered aeroplane with an MCTOM not exceeding 5,700 kg and with an MAPSC exceeding 5 but not exceeding 9 seats;

(b)

a turbine‑powered aeroplane with an MCTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, or with an MAPSC exceeding 9 seats;

(c)

a piston engine aeroplane with an MCTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, or with an MAPSC exceeding 9 seats.

Subregulation 2

Subject to paragraph (3), the ground proximity warning system required to be installed in any aeroplane described in paragraph (1) —

(a)

must provide an automatic and distinctive warning to the flight crew when the aircraft is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth’s surface; and

(b)

must provide warnings in the following circumstances:

(i)

excessive descent rate;

(ii)

excessive altitude loss after take‑off or go‑around;

(iii)

unsafe terrain clearance.

Subregulation 3

If the aeroplane described in paragraph (1)(b) has a Certificate of Airworthiness that is first issued after 1 January 2011, the ground proximity warning system required to be installed in accordance with paragraph (1) —

(a)

must provide an automatic and distinctive warning to the flight crew when the aircraft is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth’s surface; and

(b)

must provide warnings in the following circumstances:

(i)

excessive descent rate;

(ii)

excessive terrain closure rate;

(iii)

excessive altitude loss after take‑off or go‑around;

(iv)

unsafe terrain clearance while not in the landing configuration:

(A)

gear not locked down;

(B)

flaps not in a landing position;

(v)

excessive descent below the instrument glide path.