Singapore legislation

Regulation 76

of Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018

Regulation 76

Aircraft operating under IFR or at night

Amended byS 209/2020 wef 01/04/2020

Subregulation 1

An operator of a Singapore registered aircraft to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules, or when the surface is not in sight, must ensure that the aircraft is equipped with a means of measuring and displaying —

(a)

magnetic heading (such as a standby compass); (b)barometric altitude; (c)indicated airspeed, with a means of preventing malfunctioning due to condensation or icing; (d)mach number, if the speed limitation specified in the aircraft’s flight manual is expressed in terms of mach number;

(e)

stabilised aircraft heading;

(f)

the adequacy of the power supply to any gyroscopic instrument; (g)the outside air temperature;

(h)

the rate of climb and descent;

(i)

turn and slip if the aircraft is an aeroplane, or slip if the aircraft is a helicopter;

(j)

aircraft attitude for each required pilot, except that in an aeroplane one such indicator may be replaced with a turn and slip indicator; and

(k)

an additional indicator of aircraft attitude, if the aircraft is a helicopter; and

(l)

the time in hours, minutes and seconds.

Subregulation 2

When an aircraft mentioned in paragraph (1) is to be flown at night, the operator must ensure that the aircraft is equipped with the following lights: (a)any light required by the Rules of the Air;

(b)

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

(c)

lights in all passenger compartments;

(d)

an independent portable light for each crew member station;

(e)

a landing light which, if the aircraft is a helicopter, must be trainable in the vertical plane.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 209/2020 wef 01/04/2020

In paragraph (1) and regulation 77, “the surface is not in sight” means —

(a)

the flight crew is not able to see sufficient features of the surface; or (b)the surface illumination is insufficient to enable the flight crew to maintain the aircraft in a desired attitude without reference to any flight instrument.