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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight Rules

Subpart 4 : Instruments and Equipment

91.04.28 Airborne collision avoidance system

 

(1) Except as otherwise provided for in Part 121 and Part 135, no person may operate a turbine-engine aeroplane of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 15 000 kg or authorized to cany more than 30 passengers, for which the individual certificate of airworthiness was first issued after 1 January 2007, unless such aeroplane is equipped with an ACAS that meets the specifications prescribed in Document SA-CATS 91.

 

(2) No person shall operate an aeroplane required to be equipped with ACAS unless he or she has completed the training and checking as specified in Document SA-CATS 91.

 

(3) ACAS training shall be provided through an approved training programme.

 

(4) Whenever an aircraft is equipped with an ACAS, such system shall—
(a) meet the specifications in, and function in accordance with, the relevant provisions of Document SA-CATS 91; and
(b) when serviceable, be activated at all times during flight in all airspace, including oceanic, international, foreign and domestic airspace, even if in terms of these regulations the carriage of ACAS equipment is not compulsory for that particular type of aircraft or the type of operation.

 

(5) Whenever an ACAS becomes unserviceable during flight when operation of ACAS is mandatory, the PIC of that aeroplane shall inform the responsible ATSU as soon as is practical.

 

(6) No pilot may act as PIC of a South African-registered aircraft during any period while an ACAS is activated unless such pilot is ACAS-current.

 

(7) When a flight crew receives a traffic avoidance instruction from an ATSU that is in conflict with the resolution advisory message issued by the aircraft's approved ACAS, the ACAS resolution advisory takes priority over the ATSU instruction.

 

(8) Document SA-CATS 91 contains instructions in respect of ACAS operational use and event reporting.

 

(9) For the purpose of this regulation, an ACAS-current pilot means a pilot who—
(a) within the immediately preceding 12 months, completed initial ACAS II training;
(b) within the immediately preceding two (2) years, completed initial ACAS training and subsequently completed ACAS II renewal training more than 9 months and less than 12 months after the earlier training; or
(c) within the immediately preceding 12 months, completed a session of ACAS II cyclic training.