SOR/96-433, s. 901.23 - section overview

In plain language

This section mandates that pilots establish, review, and adhere to normal and emergency operating procedures for RPAS operations, ensuring they reflect manufacturer instructions and are immediately available to all crew members.

Requirement as structured

This section mandates that pilots establish, review, and adhere to normal and emergency operating procedures for RPAS operations, ensuring they reflect manufacturer instructions and are immediately available to all crew members.

Original regulatory text

(1) No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system unless the following procedures are established: (a) normal operating procedures, including pre-flight, take-off, launch, approach, landing and recovery procedures; and (b) emergency procedures, including with respect to (i) a control station failure, (ii) an equipment failure, (iii) a failure of the remotely piloted aircraft, (iv) a loss of the command and control link, (v) a fly-away, (vi) flight termination, and (vii) the detection and avoidance of conflicting air traffic and other hazards. (2) If the manufacturer of the remotely piloted aircraft system or the person who has made a declaration referred to in section 901.194 in respect of that model of system provides instructions with respect to the topics referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), the procedures established under subsection (1) shall reflect those instructions. (3) No pilot shall conduct the take-off or launch of a remotely piloted aircraft unless the procedures referred to in subsection (1) are reviewed before the flight by, and are immediately available to, each crew member. (4) No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system unless the operation is conducted in accordance with the procedures referred to in subsection (1).

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

General