3.0 - section overview

In plain language

This section outlines the safety assurance declaration requirements under CAR Standard 922, distinguishing between standard Declarations and Pre-Validated Declarations based on RPAS size, operation type, and proximity to people or populated areas.

Requirement as structured

This section outlines the safety assurance declaration requirements under CAR Standard 922, distinguishing between standard Declarations and Pre-Validated Declarations based on RPAS size, operation type, and proximity to people or populated areas.

Original regulatory text

(2) The following abbreviations are used in this document: - (a) AAAM : Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; - (b) AC : Advisory Circular; - (c) AGL : Above Ground Level; - (d) AIS : Abbreviated Injury Scale; - (e) ASSURE : Alliance for System Safety of UAS Through Research Excellence; - (f) ATD : Anthropomorphic Test Device; - (g) BVLOS : Beyond Visual Line of Sight; - (h) C2 Link : Command and Control Data Link; - (i) C2SP : C2 Link Service Providers - (j) CAR : Canadian Aviation Regulation; - (k) CE: Conformité européene; - (l) CFR : Code of Federal Regulations; - (m) CONOPS : Concept of Operations; - (n) CS : Control Station; - (o) EM : Electromagnetic; - (p) EMI : Electromagnetic Interference; - (q) EU : European Union; - (r) FAA : Federal Aviation Administration; - (s) FDAL : Functional Design Assurance Level - (t) FMEA : Failure Mode and Effect Analysis - (u) FMVSS : Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; - (v) GNSS : Global Navigation Satellite System; - (w) HIC : Head Injury Criteria; - (x) HMI : Human Machine Interface; - (y) ISED : Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada; - (z) MTOW : Maximum Take-off Weight; - (aa) PVD : Pre-Validated Declaration - (bb) RF : Radio Frequency; - (cc) RPA : Remotely Piloted Aircraft; - (dd) RPAS : Remotely Piloted Aircraft System; - (ee) sRPA : small Remotely Piloted Aircraft; - (ff) mRPA : medium Remotely Piloted Aircraft - (gg) SSA : System Safety Assessment - (hh) TCCA : Transport Canada Civil Aviation; - (ii) TSO : Technical Standard Order; - (jj) VLOS : Visual Line of Sight. 3.0 Background (1) The goal of Canadian Aviation Regulation (CAR) Standard 922 RPAS Safety Assurance is to encourage the spirit of innovation while striking a balance between the safe use of RPAS in the national airspace, design requirements, and oversight of the industry. To this end, operational categories have been defined with specific requirements associated with the RPAS design, construction, and reliability. (2) Standard 922 contains performance-based requirements that are intended to support the safe operation of RPAS in operations ranging from short range VLOS with sRPAS to BVLOS operations using mRPAS. Depending on the intended CONOPS of the RPAS various sections of standard 922 may be applicable. When required, a declaration, or a pre-validated declaration will have to be received prior to the RPAS being permitted to operate (See AC 9XX-### for guidance on these processes). The sections of Standard 922 are as follows: - (a) 922.04: Operations in Controlled Airspace - (b) 922.05: Operations Near People - (c) 922.06: Operations Over People - (d) 922.07: Safety and Reliability - (e) 922.08: Containment - (f) 922.09: Command and Control Link Reliability and Lost Link Behaviour - (g) 922.10: Detect, Alert, and Avoid Systems - (h) 922.11: Control Station Design - (i) 922.12: Demonstrated Environmental Envelope (3) Compliance with any part of Standard 922 is through a declaration made by an organization or individual who is taking responsibility for compliance of the RPAS with CAR Standard 922. To support the various levels of risk associated with RPAS operations, the Declaration system has two levels of robustness. For lower risk operations (i.e., sRPAS VLOS operation, and some BVLOS operations) an applicant is only required to submit a Declaration to TCCA that they comply with a particular standard. For higher risk operations a higher level of robustness is achieved by requiring the applicant seek a Pre-Validated Declaration. (4) Pre-Validated Declarations require that the applicant submit additional documentation for review by TCCA prior to being permitted to Declare compliance with a part of Standard 922. The details of this application process are described in AC901-001 Declaration and Pre-Validated Declaration processes . (5) VLOS operations using small RPAS, have th

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

General