Thu, Jun 04, 2009
No New Date Set For 406 MHz Change
Transport Canada Civil Aviation
(TCAA) had proposed the mandatory installation of 406 MHz emergency
locator transmitters (or an alternate means of compliance) onto
Canadian-registered aircraft and foreign-registered aircraft
operating in Canadian airspace because of the withdrawal of
Cospas/Sarsat monitoring of 121.5 MHz ELT transmissions beginning
February 1st of this year. Amendments to the Canadian Aviation
Regulations were being processed to be effective that same
date.
The proposed regulations were worded such that all Canadian
aircraft operating internationally and domestically would be
required to carry a 406 MHz ELT or an alternate ELD (emergency
locator device) system, with a few exceptions. Ultralights,
training operations within 25 nm of an airport, flight tests and
parachute operations were all excluded from the rules. These
exclusions are the same as currently provided under the existing
Canadian Aviation Regulations. Internationally registered aircraft
operating in Canadian airspace would have been subject to the same
requirements.
TCCA has advised the Aircraft Electronics Association that the
minister of transport, the Honorable John Baird, has decided TCCA
should pursue further consultation with the industry on the 406 MHz
ELT regulation. He said the new rules did not include
specific alternatives to 406 ELTs, although it included language
that indicated an alternative method of compliance was possible.
TCCA will be forming a new technical committee to review the
proposed regulation and alternative technologies to the 406 MHz
ELT, and it expects to convene the first meeting of this committee
in July.
The delay in implementing the new regulation means 406 MHz ELT
carriage is not mandatory at this time. However, approved 406 MHz
ELTs with 121.5 MHz capability may be installed to comply with the
existing regulations for carriage of a 121.5 MHz ELT.
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