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Air Navigation Order: Aircraft Instruments, Equipment and Documents For Flight
Air Navigation Order: Aircraft Instruments, Equipment and Documents For Flight
Air Navigation Order: Aircraft Instruments, Equipment and Documents For Flight
VERSION : 4.0
DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION : 16-07-2018
OFFICE OF PRIME INTEREST : Airworthiness Directorate
16/07//2018 ANO-007-AWRG-4.0
16/07//2018 ANO-007-AWRG-4.0
AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND DOCUMENTS FOR FLIGHT
A. AUTHORITY:
A1. This Air Navigation Order is issued by Director General Civil Aviation Authority in pursuance of
Rules 4, 5, 252, 253, Sub-rule (3) & (5) of 333, 360 and all other enabling provision of Civil Aviation Rules
1994 (CARs 1994).
B. PURPOSE:
B1. In addition to the minimum equipment necessary for the issuance of a Certificate of
Airworthiness, the instruments, equipment and documents prescribed in this Air Navigation Order shall
be installed or carried in serviceable condition, as appropriate, in aeroplane/ helicopter according to the
aeroplane/ helicopter intended operation and to the circumstances under which the flight is to be
conducted.
B2. This ANO prescribes requirements for operation-derived equipment and shall be read in
conjunction with latest revision of relevant Air Navigation Orders issued by Flight Standards Directorate
of Pakistan CAA such as, but not limited to ANO-024-FSXX.
C. SCOPE:
C1. This ANO is applicable to all aircraft registered in Pakistan and involved in type of operations as
specified herein.
D. DESCRIPTION:
D1. DEFINITIONS:
D1.1 The following terms when used in this ANO, have the meanings assigned to them respectively.
Any term used in this ANO but not defined, shall have the same meaning as given in the Civil Aviation
Ordinance, 1960, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Ordinance 1982, CARs, 1994 and relevant ICAO
Annexes. For detailed definitions, refer to latest issue of AWNOT-017-AWRG.
D1.2 Commercial air transport operation: An aircraft operation involving the transport of passengers
(Regular Public Transport (RPT) and/ or Charter), cargo or mail for remuneration or hire. For the purpose
of this ANO, the requirements mentioned for Aeroplane involved in International Commercial Air
Transport are applicable on all aircraft falling under the definition of Commercial air transport operation.
D1.3 General aviation operation: An aircraft operation other than a commercial air transport
operation.
D1.4 Type I and IA FDR: shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the aeroplane
flight path, speed, attitude, engine power, configuration and operation.
D1.5 Type II and IIA FDR:, shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the
aeroplane flight path, speed, attitude, engine power, configuration of lift and drag devices.
D1.6 Type IV FDR: shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter flight
path, speed, attitude, engine power and operation.
D1.7 Type IVA FDR: shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter flight
path, speed, attitude, engine power, operation and configuration.
D1.8 Type V FDR: shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter flight
path, speed, attitude and engine power.
D2.1 The detailed requirements on applicability of Flight Data Recorder, based on the intended
operation, are listed in Appendix A to Appendix D of this ANO. The additional requirements are listed
below, individually as per intended type of operation.
D2.2 International Commercial Air Transport - Aeroplane
D2.2.1 Discontinuity
D2.2.1.1 Use of engraving metal foil type FDR shall be discontinued.
D2.2.1.2 Use of analog FDRs using frequency modulation FM shall be discontinued.
D2.2.1.3 Use of photographic film FDR shall be discontinued.
D2.2.1.4 Use of magnetic tape FDRs shall be discontinued.
D2.2.2 Duration
D2.2.2.1 All FDRs shall be capable of retaining the information recorded during at least
the last 25 hours of their operation, except for the Type IIA FDR which shall be
capable of retaining the information recorded during at least the last 30
minutes of its operation.
D2.4.1 Discontinuity
D2.4.1.1 The use of engraving metal foil FDRs shall be discontinued.
D2.4.1.2 The use of photographic film FDRs shall be discontinued.
D2.4.1.3 The use of analogue FDRs using frequency modulation (FM) shall be
discontinued.
D2.5.2 Duration
D2.5.2.1 Type IV and IVA shall be capable of retaining the information recoded during
at least the last ten (10) hours of their operation.
D3.2.2 Duration
D3.2.2.2 With effect from 01st January, 2016, all CVRs shall be capable of retaining the
information recorded during at least the last two hours of their operation.
D3.2.3.1 An alternate power source shall automatically engage and provide ten
minutes, plus or minus one minute, of operation whenever aeroplane power to
the recorder ceases, either by normal shutdown or by any other loss of power.
The alternate power source shall power the CVR and its associated cockpit
area microphone components. The CVR shall be located as close as
practicable to the alternate power source.
Note 1.— “Alternate” means separate from the power source that normally provides power to the CVR.
The use of aeroplane batteries or other power sources is acceptable provided that the requirements
above are met and electrical power to essential and critical loads is not compromised.
Note 2.— When the CVR function is combined with other recording functions within the same unit,
powering the other functions is allowed.
D3.2.3.2 All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 27 000 kg for
which the application for type certification is submitted to a Contracting State
on or after 1 January 2018 shall be provided with an alternate power source,
as defined in D3.2.3.1, that powers the forward CVR in the case of
combination recorders.
D3.3.1 Discontinuity
D3.3.1.1. The use of magnetic tape and wire CVRs shall be discontinued.
D3.3.2 Duration
D3.3.2.1. All CVRs shall be capable of retaining information recorded during at least last
two hours of their operation.
D3.3.3 Duration
D3.3.3.1. All CVRs shall be capable of retaining information recorded during at least last
two hours of their operation.
D3.3.3.2. All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 27 000 kg for
which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 1
January 2021 shall be equipped with a CVR capable of retaining the
information recorded during at least the last twenty-five hours of its operation.
D3.4.1 Discontinuity
D3.4.1.1. The use of magnetic tape and wire CVRs shall be discontinued.
D3.4.2 Duration
D3.4.2.1. All helicopters required to be equipped with a CVR shall be equipped with a
CVR capable of retaining the information recorded during the last two hours of
its operation.
D3.5.1 Discontinuity
D3.5.1.1. The use of magnetic tape and wire CVRs shall be discontinued.
D3.5.2 Duration
D3.5.2.1. All helicopters required to be equipped with a CVR shall be equipped with a
CVR capable of retaining the information recorded during the last two hours of
its operation.
D4. ALL AEROPLANE/HELICOPTER OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH VISUAL FLIGHT RULE
D4.1 All aeroplanes/helicopters when operated as VFR flights shall be equipped with :
D4.1.1 a magnetic compass
D4.1.2 an accurate timepiece indicating the time in hours, minutes and seconds
D4.1.3 a sensitive pressure altimeter
D4.1.4 an airspeed indicator
D5.3 The equipment referred to in D5.2 shall comprise one life jacket or equivalent individual floatation
device for each person on board, stowed in a position easily accessible from the seat or berth of
the person for whose use it is provided.
Note: “Landplanes” includes amphibians operated as landplanes.
D5.4.1 In addition to the equipment prescribed in D5.1 or D5.2 whichever is applicable, the
following equipment shall be installed in all aeroplanes when used over routes on which
the aeroplane may be over water and at more than a distance corresponding to 120
minutes at cruising speed of 740 km (400 NM), whichever is the lesser, away from land
suitable for making an emergency landing in the case of aeroplane operated in
accordance with its performance operating limitations and 30 minutes or 185 km (100
NM), whichever is the lesser, for all other aeroplane:
D5.4.1.1 Life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so
as to facilitate their ready use in emergency, provided with such life-saving
equipment including means of sustaining life as is appropriate to the flight to
be undertaken
D5.4.1.2 Equipment for making the pyrotechnical distress signals described in ICAO
Annex 2.
D5.4.1.3 at the earliest practicable date, but not later than 1 January 2018, on all
aeroplanes of a maximum certificated takeoff mass of over 27 000 kg, a
securely attached underwater locating device operating at a frequency of 8.8
kHz. This automatically activated underwater locating device shall operate for
a minimum of 30 days and shall not be installed in wings or empennage.
D5.4.2 Each life jacket and equivalent individual floatation device, when certified in accordance
with D5.1, D5.2 and D5.3, shall be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the
purpose of facilitating the location of persons, except where the requirement of D5.2.3 is
met by the provision of individual floatation devices other than life jackets.
D6. ALL HELICOPTERS ON FLIGHT OVER WATER
D6.1 Means of floatation - All helicopters intended to be flown over water shall be fitted with a
permanent or rapidly deployable means of floatation so as to ensure a safe ditching of the
helicopter when:
D6.1.1 engaged in offshore operations, or other overwater operations as prescribed by the State
of the Operator; or
D6.1.2 flying over water in a hostile environment at a distance from land corresponding to more
than 10 minutes at normal cruise speed when operating in performance Class 1 or 2; or
Note.— When operating in a hostile environment, a safe ditching requires a helicopter to be designed for
landing on water or certificated in accordance with ditching provisions
D6.1.3 flying over water in a non-hostile environment at a distance from land specified by the
appropriate authority of the responsible State when operating in performance Class 1; or
Note.— When considering the distance beyond which flotation equipment is required, the State should take into
consideration the certification standard of the helicopter.
D6.1.4 flying over water beyond autorotational or safe forced landing distance from land when
operating in performance Class 3.
D6.2 Emergency equipment - Performance Class 1 and 2 helicopters, operating in accordance with
the provisions of D6.1, shall be equipped with:
D6.2.1 One life jacket, or equivalent individual flotation device, for each person on board,
stowed in a position easily accessible from the seat or berth of the person for whose use
it is provided. For offshore operations the life jacket shall be worn constantly unless the
occupant is wearing an integrated survival suit that includes the functionality of the life
jacket
D6.2.2 Life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so as to
facilitate their ready use in emergency, provided with such life-saving equipment
including means of sustaining life as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken
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D6.2.3 when two life rafts are fitted, each shall be able to carry all occupants in the overload
state; and
D6.2.4 equipment for making the pyrotechnical distress signals described in ICAO Annex 2.
D6.3 Helicopters operating in performance Class 3 when operating beyond autorotational distance
from land but within a distance from land specified by the appropriate authority of the
responsible State shall be equipped with one life jacket, or equivalent individual flotation device,
for each person on board, stowed in a position easily accessible from the seat or berth of the
person for whose use it is provided.
D6.3.1 For offshore operations, when operating beyond auto-rotational distance from land, the
life jacket shall be worn unless the occupant is wearing an integrated survival suit that
includes the functionality of the life jacket.
D6.4 Helicopters operating in performance Class 3 when operating beyond the distance specified in
D 6.3 shall be equipped as in D6.2
D6.5 In the case of helicopters operating in performance Class 2 or 3, when taking off or landing at a
heliport where, in the opinion of the State of the Operator, the take-off or approach path is so
disposed over water that in the event of a mishap there would be likelihood of a ditching, at least
the equipment required in D.6.1 shall be carried.
D6.6 Each life jacket and equivalent individual flotation device, when carried in accordance with D6,
shall be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location
of persons.
D8.5 An aeroplane intended to be operated at flight attitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is less
than 376 hPa or which if operated at flight attitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is more
than 376 hPa cannot descend safely within four minutes to a flight attitude at which the
atmospheric pressure is equal to 620 hPa, and for which the individual certificate of airworthiness
was issued before 9th November 1998, should be provided with automatically deployable oxygen
equipment to satisfy the requirements of D8.4 the total number of oxygen dispensing units should
exceed the number of passenger and cabin attendant seats by at least 10 percent.
D8.6 A flight to be operated with a pressurized helicopter shall not be commenced unless a sufficient
quantity of stored breathing oxygen is carried to supply all the crew members and passengers,
as is appropriate to the circumstances of the flight being undertaken, in the event of loss of
pressurization, for any period that the atmospheric in any compartment occupied by them would
be less than 700 hPa. In addition, when the helicopter is operated at flight altitudes at which the
atmospheric pressure is more than 376 hPa and cannot descend safely to a flight altitude at
which the atmospheric pressure is equal to 620 hPa within four minutes, there shall be no less
than 10 minute supply for the occupants of the passenger compartment.
D8.7 A helicopter intended to be operated at flight altitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is more
than 376 hPa which cannot descend safely within four minutes to a flight altitude at which the
atmospheric pressure is equal to 620 hPa, and for which the individual certificate of
airworthiness was issued on or after 9th November 1998, shall be provided with automatically
deployable oxygen equipment to satisfy the requirements of D8.6 the total number of oxygen
dispensing units shall exceed the number of passenger and cabin attendant seats by at least 10
percent.
D8.8 Un-pressurized helicopter intended to be operated at high altitudes shall carry equipment for
storing and dispensing the oxygen supplies.
D10.1 All turbine-engined aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5700 kg or
authorized to carry more than nine passengers shall be equipped with a ground proximity
warning system.
D10.2 All turbine-engined aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 15000 kg or
authorized to carry more than 30 passengers shall be equipped with a ground proximity warning
system which has a forward looking terrain avoidance function.
D10.3 All turbine engine aeroplane of a maximum certificated take-off weight in excess of 5700 Kg or
authorized to carry more than nine passengers, for which the individual certificate of
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airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 January 2004, shall be equipped with a ground
proximity warning system which has a forward looking terrain avoidance function.
D10.4 All turbine-engined aeroplanes of maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5700 kg or
authorized to carry more than nine passengers, shall be equipped with a ground proximity
warning system which has a forward looking terrain avoidance function.
D10.5 All piston-engined aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5700 kg or
authorized to carry more than nine passengers shall be equipped with a ground proximity
warning system which provides the warning in D10.6.1and D10.6.3, warning of unsafe terrain
clearance and forward looking terrain avoidance function.
D10.6 A ground proximity warning system shall provide automatically a timely and distinctive warning to
the flight crew when the aeroplane is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth’s surface.
The GPWS shall also provide, as a minimum, warning of the following circumstances:
D11.8 All helicopters operating in performance Class 1 and 2 shall be equipped with at least one
automatic ELT and, when operating on flights over water, with at least one automatic ELT and
one ELT(S) in a raft or life jacket.
D11.9 All helicopters operating in performance Class 3 shall be equipped with at least one automatic
ELT and, when operating on flights over water, with at least one automatic ELT and one ELT(S)
in a raft or life jacket.
D11.10 ELT equipment carried to satisfy the requirements of Para(s) above shall operate in accordance
with the relevant provisions of Annex 10, Volume III.
D11.11 All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 27 000 kg for which the individual
certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 January 2021, shall autonomously transmit
information from which a position can be determined by the operator at least once every minute,
when in distress, in accordance with Appendix 9 of ICAO Annex-6, Part-I. The operator shall
D12.1 All turbine-engined aeroplane of a maximum certificated take-off weight in excess of 5700 Kg or
authorized to carry more than 19 passengers shall be equipped with an airborne collision
avoidance system (ACAS II).
D12.2 All turbine-engined aeroplane of a maximum certificated take-off weight in excess of 15000 kg or
authorized to carry more than 30 passengers, for which the individual airworthiness certificate is
first issued after 1 January 2007, shall be equipped with an airborne collision avoidance system
(ACAS II).
D12.3 An airborne collision avoidance system shall operate in accordance with the relevant provisions
of Annex 10, Volume IV.
D12.4 All aeroplanes / helicopters shall be equipped with a pressure-altitude reporting transponder,
which operates in accordance with the relevant provisions of ICAO Annex 10, Volume IV.
Note: This provision is intended to improve the effectiveness of air traffic services as well as
airborne collision avoidance systems.
D13. DOCUMENTS FOR FLIGHT
D13.1 An aeroplane / helicopter shall be provided with manuals, placards or other documents (as
appropriate) specified below, in original:
D13.1.1 Flight manual, placards or other documents stating the approved limitations with which
the aeroplane is considered airworthy as defined by the appropriate Airworthiness
requirements, and additional instructions and information necessary for the safety of the
aeroplane.
D13.1.2 Certificate of Registration
D13.1.3 Certificate of Airworthiness/ Permit to Fly (as applicable)
D13.1.4 Certificate of Maintenance Review/ Certificate of Maintenance (as applicable)
D13.1.5 Certificate of Release to Service
D13.1.6 Radio Installation Certificate
D13.1.7 PTA License for Radio Equipment onboard
D13.1.8 Approved weight and balance schedule
D13.1.9 Noise Certificate (as applicable)
D13.1.10 Air Operator Certificate (AOC) with Operations Specifications (OPS Specs) (as per
requirements of FSD, PCAA)
D13.1.11 RVSM Certificate (as applicable)
E2. RECORDS:
Nil
E3. REFERENCES
E3.1 CARs 1994
E3.2 ICAO Annex 6
E3.3 ICAO Doc 9760, Airworthiness Manual
Appendix – A
TYPE OF OPERATION
International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes
STANDARD/ All aeroplanes which are required to record pilot input and/or control
REQUIREMENT surface position of primary controls (pitch, roll, yaw) for which the
application for type certification is submitted to a Contracting State on or
after 1 January 2016 and which are required to be fitted with an FDR shall
record those parameters at a maximum sampling and recording interval of
0.125 seconds.
Appendix – B
TYPE OF OPERATION
International General Aviation – Aeroplanes
Appendix – C
TYPE OF OPERATION
International Commercial Air Transport – Helicopters
Appendix – D
TYPE OF OPERATION
International General Aviation– Helicopters
Appendix-E
TYPE OF OPERATION
International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes
Appendix-F
TYPE OF OPERATION
International General Aviation – Aeroplanes
Appendix – G
TYPE OF OPERATION
International Commercial Air Transport – Helicopters
Appendix – H
TYPE OF OPERATION
International General Aviation– Helicopters