Part 1 Definitions

Question 1

Accident (11)

Answer 1

• Occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft and takes place when any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all persons have disembarked and the engine or any propellers or rotors come to rest, being an occurrence in which—
  (1) A person is fatally or seriously injured as a result of—
  (i) Being in the aircraft; or
  (ii) Direct contact with any part of the aircraft, including any part that has become detached from the aircraft; or
  (iii) Direct exposure to jet blast—

(1) Except when the injuries are self-inflicted or inflicted by other persons, or when the injuries are to stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to passengers and crew; or
(2) the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure that—
(i) adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircraft; and
(ii) would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component—
(2) except engine failure or damage that is limited to the engine, its cowlings, or accessories, or damage limited to propellers, wing tips, antennas, tyres, brakes, fairings, small dents, or puncture holes in the aircraft skin; or
(3) the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible:

Question 2

Air Transport Operation (6)

Answer 2

• An operation for the carriage of pax or goods by air for hire or reward except:
  1. ) A CTO
  2. ) Adventure aviation operation
  3. ) Helicopter external load operation
  4. ) Agricultural aircraft operation
  5. ) Trial flight

Question 3

Alternate aerodrome

Answer 3

An aerodrome which an aircraft may proceed when it becomes impossible or inadvisable to proceed to land at the aerodrome of intended landing.

Question 4

Ceiling

Answer 4

Height above ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of cloud below 2000 ft covering more than half the sky.

Question 5

Class 3.1C Flammable Liquid

Answer 5

Liquid with a flash point at or above 23ºC, but at or below 60ºC, includes kerosene based products.

Question 6

Class 3.1D Flammable Liquid

Answer 6

Liquid with a flash point at or above 60ºC, but at or below 93ºC, includes diesel products.

Question 7

Commercial Transport Operation

Answer 7

An operation for the carriage of pax or goods by air for hire or reward

1. ) Where:
   i. ) Each pax is performing, or undergoing training to perform, a task or duty on the operation; or
   ii. ) Pax or goods are carried to or from a remote aerodrome
2. ) Except those operations above that are:
   i. ) Helicopter external load or
   ii. ) Agricultural aircraft operation