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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 62  : National Pilot Licensing

Subpart 2 : National Pilot Learner's Certificate

62.02.8 Privileges and limitations of national pilot learner's certificate

 

(1) The holder of a valid national pilot learner's certificate shall be entitled to fly solo only for the purpose of training for the applicable national pilot licence or rating—
(a) in the type of aircraft in which he or she is undergoing training;
(b) after being authorised thereto and while under supervision, as prescribed in subregulation (2);
(c) without carrying any passengers;
(d) in VMC by day;
(e) on a flight other than an international flight.

 

(2)
(a) A learner national pilot shall not fly solo unless authority is granted for a flight, or for a sequence of flights, as prescribed in the relevant practical training course syllabus in Document SA-CATS 62, by the holder of a flight instructor rating who is to supervise the solo flight.
(b) The authority to fly solo shall be in writing and be issued in his or her presence at the time when such flight or sequence of flights is about to commence.

 

(3) A learner national pilot shall not fly solo in the circuit unless he or she has successfully completed the practical training and theoretical knowledge examinations as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 62, and his or her logbook has been endorsed to fly solo in the circuit.

 

(4) A learner national pilot shall not fly solo outside of the circuit or in the general flying area unless he or she has successfully completed the practical training and theoretical knowledge examinations as prescribed in subregulation (3) above and in Document SA-CATS 62, and his or her logbook has been endorsed to do so.

 

(5) A learner national pilot shall not fly solo on a cross-country flight unless he has successfully completed the practical training and theoretical knowledge examinations as prescribed in subregulations (3) and (4) above and in Document SA-CATS 62, and his or her logbook has been endorsed to do so.

 

(6) In the case of the holder of a national pilot learner's certificate in the category hang-glider or paraglider, the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be deemed to have been met when the learner has reported to the flight instructor on site to undergo training under the latter's direct supervision in accordance with an approved training manual.

 

(7)
(a) Except in an emergency, no learner national pilot shall land or take-off in an aircraft from an area other than an aerodrome or an approved site.
(b) If a learner national pilot does execute an emergency landing in an aircraft in an area other than an aerodrome or an approved site, only the holder of a national pilot licence with the appropriate category and class rating, or another pilot approved for the purpose by the Director or the designated organisation, may fly the aircraft from the area.

 

(8) In the case of the holder of a national pilot learner's certificate in the category hangglider, powered hang-glider, paraglider or powered paraglider, the provisions of subregulation(2) shall be deemed to have been met when the learner has reported to the flight instructor on site to undergo training under the Instructor's direct supervision in direct line of site in accordance with an approved training manual as contemplated in Document SA-CATS 62.