Tanzania Air Navigation Regulations, 1983

Government Notice 170 of 1983

Tanzania Air Navigation Regulations, 1983

Tanzania
Civil Aviation Act

Tanzania Air Navigation Regulations, 1983

Government Notice 170 of 1983

  • Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
  • Commenced
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
  • [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
[G.N.s. Nos. 170 of 1983; 265 of 1989]

Part I – Preliminary provisions (regs 1-2)

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Tanzania Air Navigation Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise—"act" means the Civil Aviation Act1;1Cap. 80"aerial work" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act;"aerial work undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the performance of aerial work;"acrobatic manoeuvre" means manoeuvre intentionally performed by an aircraft involving an abrupt change in its altitude, an abnormal altitudes, or an abnormal variation in speed;"aerodrome" means a defined area on land or water (including any buildings, installations and equipment) intended to be either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft;"aerodrome traffic zone" means an airspace of defined dimensions established around an aerodrome for the protection of aerodrome traffic;"aeronautical ground light" means any light specially provided as an aid to air navigation other than a light display on an aircraft;"aircraft" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act;"air traffic control unit" includes the areas of the air traffic control centre, approach control office and aerodrome control tower;"air transport undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for hire or reward;"appropriate aeronautical radio station" means in relation to an aircraft, an aeronautical radio station serving the area in which the aircraft is for the time being;"appropriation air traffic control unit" means, in relation to an aircraft the air traffic control unit serving the area in which the aircraft is for the time being;"authorised person" means any person authorised by the Director-General either generally or in relation to a particular case or class of cases, and reference to the holder for the time being of any office designated by the Director-General;"beneficial interest" includes interests arising under contract and other equitable interests;"commander" in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator, or failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;"competent authority" means in relation to Tanzania, the Director-General, and in relation to any other state, the authority responsible under the law of the state for promoting the safety of Civil Aviation;"congested area" in relation to a city, town or settlement, means any area which is substantially used for residential, industrial, commercial or recreational purposes;"contracting state" means any state which is a party to the Chicago Convention;"controlled airspace" means control areas and control zones;"control area" means airspace which has been notified as such and which extends upwards from a notified altitude;"control zone" means airspace which has been notified as such and which extends upwards from the surface;"co-pilot" in relation to an aircraft, means a pilot who in performing his duty is subject to the direction of another pilot carried on the aircraft;"crew" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act;"flight" and "to fly" have the meanings respectively assigned to them by paragraph (2);"flight crew" in relation to an aircraft, means those members of the aircraft who respectively undertake to act as pilot, flight navigator, flight engineer and flight radio operator of the aircraft;"flight level" means surfaces of constant atmosphere pressure which are related to a specific pressure datum, 1013.2 millibars, and are separated by specific intervals;"flight simulator" means an apparatus by means of which flight conditions in an aircraft are simulated on the ground;"Government aerodrome" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act;"Instrument Flight Rules" means Flight Rules contained in Section VI of the Twelfth Schedule to these Regulations;"licence" includes any certificates of competency or certificate of validity issued with the licence or required to be held in connection with the licence by the law of the state in which the licence is granted;"licensed aerodrome" means an aerodrome licensed under these Regulations;"life-jacket" includes any device designed to support a person individually in or on the water;"maximum total weight authorised" in relation to an aircraft, means the maximum total weight of the aircraft and its contents at which the aircraft may take off in accordance with the certificate of airworthiness in force in relation to the aircraft;"military aircraft" includes the naval, military or airforce aircraft of any state or organisation;"night" means the time between fifteen minutes after sunset and fifteen minutes before sunrise, sunrise and sunset being determined at surface level, and in addition includes any time between sunset and sunrise when an unlighted aircraft or other unlighted prominent object cannot clearly be seen at a distance of 4,572 metres;"notified" means shown in any of the following publications issued in Tanzania whether before or after the coming into operation of these Regulations: Aeronautical Information Publication, Notams, Information Circulars, or such other official publication so issued for the purpose of enabling any of the provisions of these Regulations to be complied with;"operator" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph (3);"pilot in command" in relation to an aircraft, means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft;"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Director-General under these regulations;"prototype (modified) aircraft" means an aircraft in respect of which an application has been made for a certificate of airworthiness and the design of which, in part, has not previously been investigated in connection with any such application;"prototype aircraft" means an aircraft in respect of which an application has been made for a certificate of airworthiness and the design of which has not previously been investigated in connection with any such application;"public transport" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph (4);"radio" is to be interpreted as a general term applied to the use of electromagnetic waves of frequencies between ten kilocycles a second and three million megacycles a second;"radio apparatus" includes all apparatus, including any ancillary equipment, for sending or receiving by means of radio;"rocket" means any projectile for projection through the air by the combustion of its own contents and having a total weight before firing of more than 3 kg;"Visual Flight Rules" means the Visual Flight Rules contained in Section V of the Twelfth Schedule to these Regulations
(2)An aircraft shall be deemed to be in flight
(a)in the case of an aeroplane or a glider, from the moment when it first moves for the purpose of taking off until the moment when it next comes to rest after landing;
(b)in the case of an airship or free balloon, from the moment when it first becomes detached from the surface until the moment when it next comes attached or comes to rest,
and the expression "a flight" and "to fly" shall be construed accordingly.
(3)References in these Regulations to the operator of an aircraft are, for the purpose of the application of any provision of these Regulations in relation to any particular aircraft, references to the person who at the relevant time has the management of that aircraft:Provided that, for the purposes of the application of any provision in Part IV of these Regulations, when, by virtue of any lease, charter or other agreement for the hire or loan of an aircraft, a person, other than an air transport undertaking or an aerial work undertaking, has the management of that aircraft for a period not exceeding 14 days, the provisions of this paragraph shall have effect as if that agreement has not been entered into.
(4)
(a)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph an aircraft in flight shall, for the purpose of these Regulations, be deemed to fly as a public transport
(i)if hire or reward is given or promised for the carriage of passengers or cargo in the aircraft on that flight;
(ii)if any passengers or cargo are carried gratuitously in the aircraft on that flight by an air transport undertaking, not being persons in the employment if the undertaking (including, in the case of a body corporate, its directors), and, persons authorised by the Director-General to witness the training or tests referred to in regulation 18(4), or the training practice or tests referred to in regulation 26(1) or cargo intended to be used by any such passengers or by the undertaking; or
(iii)for the purpose of Part IV of these Regulations, if hire or reward is given or promised for the right to fly the aircraft on that flight otherwise than under a hire-purchase agreement; and the expression "public transport of passengers" shall be construed accordingly:
Provided that notwithstanding that an aircraft may be flying as a public transport by reason of subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, it shall be deemed not to be flying for public transport of passengers unless hire or reward is given or promised for the carriage of these passengers.
(b)Where under a transaction effected by or on behalf of a member of an unincorporated association of persons on the one hand and the association of persons or any member on the other hand, a person is carried in, or is given the right to fly, an aircraft in such circumstances that hire or reward would be deemed to be given or promised if the transaction were effected otherwise than as aforesaid, hire or reward shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be given.
(5)The expression appearing in the "General Classification of Aircraft" set forth in Part A of the First Schedule to these Regulations shall have the meaning assigned to them.
(6)A power to make regulations under these Regulations shall include the power to make different provisions with respect to different classes of aircraft, aerodromes, persons or property and with respect to different circumstances and different parts of Tanzania.
(7)
(a)Any power conferred by these Regulations to issue, make, serve or grant any instrument shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, if any, to vary, revoke, cancel or otherwise terminate the instrument.
(b)In this paragraph "instrument" includes any regulation, direction, instruction, rule or other requirements, any notice and any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, log-book record or other document.

Part II – Registration and marking of aircraft (regs 3-5)

3. Aircraft to be registered

(1)Subject to paragraph (2), an aircraft shall not fly over Tanzania unless it is registered in—
(a)Tanzania; or
(b)a Contracting State; or
(c)some other state in relation to which there is in force an agreement between the Government of Tanzania, and the Government of that State which makes provisions for the flight over Tanzania, of aircraft registered in that State:
Provided that—
(i)a glider may fly unregistered, and shall be deemed to be registered in Tanzania for the purpose of regulations 12, 13, 18 and 31 on any flight which:
(a)begins and ends in Tanzania without passing over any other state; and
(b)is not for the purpose of public transport or aerial work;
(ii)any aircraft may fly unregistered on any flight which:
(a)is in accordance with the "B Conditions" set forth in the Second Schedule to these Regulations; and
(b)begins and ends in Tanzania without passing over any other state;
(iii)this paragraph shall not apply to any kite or captive balloon.
(2)The Director-General may, in such special circumstances and subject to such conditions or limitations as he may think fit, exempt temporarily from the provisions of paragraph (1) an aircraft registered elsewhere.
(3)If an aircraft flies over Tanzania in contravention of paragraph (1) in such manner or circumstances that if the aircraft had been registered in Tanzania an offence against these Regulations or against other subsidiary legislation made under the Act, would have been committed, the like offence shall be deemed to have been committed in respect of that aircraft.

4. Registration of aircraft in Tanzania

(1)The Director-General shall be the authority for the registration of aircraft in Tanzania.
(2)Subject to the provisions of this regulation, an aircraft shall not be registered or continued to be registered in Tanzania if it appears to the Director-General that—
(a)the aircraft is registered anywhere outside Tanzania; or
(b)an unqualified person is entitled as owner of any legal or beneficial interest in the aircraft or any share therein; or
(c)it would be inexpedient in the public interest for the aircraft to be or to continue to be registered in Tanzania.
(3)The following persons and no other shall be qualified to be the owner of a legal or beneficial interest in an aircraft registered in Tanzania—
(a)Tanzania Government;
(b)Tanzania citizens, bona fide residents of Tanzania;
(c)bodies corporate established and subject to the laws of Tanzania.
(4)If an aircraft is leased to a person qualified under paragraph (3), the Director-General may, whether or not an unqualified person is entitled as owner to a legal or beneficial interest therein, register the aircraft in the name of the lessor, upon being satisfied that the aircraft may otherwise be properly so registered; and subject to this regulation, the aircraft may remain so registered, during the continuation of the charter.
(5)Application for registration of an aircraft in Tanzania shall be made in writing to the Director-General and shall include or be accompanied by such particulars and evidence relating to the aircraft and the ownership and leasing as he may require to enable him to determine whether the aircraft may properly be registered in Tanzania and to issue the certificate referred to in paragraph (7). In particular, the application shall include the proper description of the aircraft according to the "General Classification of Aircraft" set forth in Part A of the First Schedule to these Regulations.
(6)Upon receiving an application for the registration of an aircraft in Tanzania and being satisfied that the aircraft may properly be so registered, the Director-General shall register the aircraft, whenever it may be, and shall include in the register the following particulars—
(a)the number of the certificate;
(b)the nationality mark of the aircraft, and the registration mark assigned to it by the Director-General;
(c)the name of the constructor of the aircraft and its designation;
(d)the serial number of the aircraft;
(e)the name and address of every person who is entitled as owner to a legal interest in the aircraft which is the subject of a hire purchase agreement, and the name and address of the hirer; and
(f)in the case of an aircraft registered in pursuance of paragraph (4) an indication that it is so registered.
(7)The Director-General shall furnish to the person or persons in whose name the aircraft is registered (hereinafter referred to as "the registered owner") a certificate of registration, which shall include the foregoing particulars and the date on which the certificate was issued.
(8)Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) if at any time after an aircraft has been registered in Tanzania an unqualified person becomes entitled as owner to a legal or beneficial interest in the aircraft or a share, the registration of the aircraft shall become void and the certificate of registration shall be returned by the registered owner to the Director-General for cancellation.
(9)Any person who is registered as the owner of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall inform the Director-General in writing of—
(a)any change in the particulars which were furnished to the Director-General upon application being made for the registration of the aircraft;
(b)the destruction of the aircraft, or its permanent withdrawal from use;
(c)in the case of an aircraft registered in pursuance of paragraph (4) the termination of the lease.
(10)Any person who becomes the owner of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall inform the Director-General in writing to that effect.
(11)The Director-General may, whenever it appears to him necessary or appropriate to do so for giving effect to the provisions of this Part of these Regulations or for bringing up to date or otherwise correcting the particulars entered on the register, amend the register or, if he thinks fit, cancel the registration of the aircraft, after satisfying himself that there has been a change in the ownership of the aircraft.
(12)In this regulation references to "an interest in an aircraft" do not include references to an interest in an aircraft to which a person is entitled only by virtue of his membership of a flying club and the reference in paragraph (9) to the registered owner of an aircraft includes in the case of a deceased person, his legal personal representative, and in the case of a body corporate which has been dissolved, its successor.
(13)Nothing in this regulation shall require the Director-General to cancel the registration of an aircraft if, in his opinion, it would be inexpedient in the public interest to do so.

5. Nationality and registration marks

(1)An aircraft (other than aircraft permitted by law to fly without being registered) shall not fly unless it bears painted or affixed thereto, in the manner required by the law of the state in which it is registered, the nationality and registration marks required by that law.
(2)The marks to be borne by aircraft registered in Tanzania shall comply with Part B of the First Schedule to these Regulations.
(3)An aircraft shall not bear any marks which purport to indicate—
(a)that the aircraft is registered in a state in which it is not in fact registered; or
(b)that the aircraft is a state aircraft of a particular state if it is not in fact such an aircraft,
unless the appropriate authority of that state has sanctioned the bearing of such marks.

Part III – Air operator's certificate (reg 6)

6. Air operator's certificate to be in force

(1)The Director-General may grant to any person applying for an air operator's certificate if the Director-General is satisfied that such person is competent, having regard in particular to the person's previous conduct and experience, his equipment, organisation, staffing, maintenance, and other arrangements, to secure the safe operation of aircraft of types specified in the certificate on flights of the description and for the purposes so specified. The certificate may be granted subject to such conditions as the Director-General may think fit and shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 57 of these Regulations, remain in force for the period specified in the certificate.
(2)No aircraft registered in Tanzania shall fly as a public transport contrary to the terms contained in the air operator's certificate granted to its operator under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this regulation.

Part IV – Airworthiness and equipment of aircraft (regs 7-16)

7. Certificate of air-worthiness to be in force

(1)An aircraft shall not fly unless there is in force of such aircraft a certificate of airworthiness duly issued or rendered valid under the law of the state in which the aircraft is registered and any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with:Provided that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to flights beginning and ending in Tanzania without passing over any other state and the same shall not apply in respect of—
(a)a glider, if it is not being used for the public transport of passengers; or aerial work;
(b)a balloon, if it is not being used for the public transport of passengers;
(c)a kite;
(d)an aircraft flying in accordance with the conditions of a permit to fly issued by the Director-General in respect of that aircraft.
(2)In the case of an aircraft registered in Tanzania the certificate of airworthiness referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a certificate issued or rendered valid in accordance with the provisions of regulation 8.

8. Issue and renewal of certificate of air-worthiness

(1)The Director-General may issue in respect of any aircraft a certificate of airworthiness if he is satisfied that the aircraft is fit to fly having regard to—
(a)the design, construction, workmanship and materials of the aircraft (including in particular any engines fitted therein) and of any equipment carried in the aircraft which he considers necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft; and
(b)the results of such tests including flying trials as he may in his discretion require.
(2)The Director-General may issue the certificate of airworthiness subject to such conditions relating to the airworthiness of the aircraft as he thinks fit.
(3)The certificate of airworthiness may designate the performance group to which the aircraft belongs for the purposes of the requirements referred to in paragraph (1) of regulation 28.
(4)The Director-General may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, issue a certificate of validation rendering valid for the purposes of these Regulations a certificate of airworthiness issued in respect of any aircraft under the law of any state other than Tanzania.
(5)Subject to the provisions of this regulation and of regulation 5, a certificate of airworthiness or a certificate of validation issued under this regulation shall remain in force for such period as may be specified therein, and may be renewed from time to time by the Director-General for such further period as he thinks fit.
(6)Every certificate of airworthiness and certificate of validation, shall specify such categories as are, in the opinion of the Director-General, appropriate to the aircraft in accordance with the Third Schedule to these Regulations and the certificate shall be issued subject to the condition that the aircraft shall be flown only for the purposes indicated in the said Schedule in relation to these categories.
(7)A certificate of airworthiness or a certificate of validation, issued in respect of an aircraft shall cease to be in force—
(a)if the aircraft, or such of its equipment as is necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft is overhauled, repaired or modified, or if any part of the aircraft or of such equipment is removed or is replaced, otherwise than in manner and with material of a type approved by the Director-General either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or to the particular aircraft; or
(b)until the completion of any inspection of the aircraft or of any of such equipment as aforesaid, being an inspection required by the Director-General to be made for the purpose of ascertaining whether the aircraft remains airworthy; or
(c)until the completion to the satisfaction of the Director-General of any modification of the aircraft or of any such equipment as aforesaid, being a modification required by the Director-General for the purpose of ensuring that the aircraft remains airworthy.
(8)Without prejudice to any other provision of these Regulations the Director-General may, for the purpose of this regulation, accept reports furnished to him by a person whom he may approve either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, as qualified to furnish such reports.
(9)The Director-General shall cause to be prepared and preserved in relation to each aircraft registered in Tanzania a record enabling the aircraft (including in particular its engines) and such of its equipment as he may have considered necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft in issuing, varying or rendering a valid certificate of airworthiness, to be identified with the drawings and other documents on the basis of which the certificate was issued, varied or rendered valid as the case may be. All equipment so identified shall for the purposes of these Regulations be deemed to be equipment necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft. The Director-General shall cause such record to be produced for examination upon request being made at any reasonable time by any person having in the opinion of the Director-General, reasonable grounds for requiring to examine it.

9. Maintenance and certificate of maintenance

(1)An aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not fly for the purpose of public transport or dropping or projecting any material for agricultural, public health or similar purposes, or any purposes notified by the Director-General, unless—
(a)the aircraft (including in particular its engines), together with its equipment, is maintained in accordance with maintenance schedules approved by the Director-General in relation to that aircraft; and
(b)there are in force in respect of that aircraft including its radio station certificates (in these Regulations referred to as "certificates of maintenance") issued in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and certifying that maintenance has been carried out in accordance with such maintenance schedules:
Provided that an aircraft may, notwithstanding that subparagraph (a) has not been complied with in relation to the radio station therein, fly for the sole purpose of enabling persons to be trained to perform duties in aircraft.
(2)An aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not fly unless the flight data recording system, if any, required by or under these Regulations is carried and maintained in accordance with a maintenance schedule approved by the Director-General in relation to that equipment and there is in force in respect of that equipment a certificate of maintenance issued in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and certifying that maintenance has been carried out in accordance with such maintenance schedule.
(3)Every certificate of maintenance shall come into force upon being issued and shall cease to be in force upon the expiration of the period of its validity in elapsed time or flying time, whichever may be the earlier, and the validity of the certificate shall be recorded in the certificate at the time when it is issued.
(4)A certificate of maintenance may be issued for the purpose of this regulation only by—
(a)the holder of a licence granted under these Regulations as an aircraft maintenance engineer or aircraft radio maintenance engineer being a licence of a category appropriate in accordance with regulation 10 and the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations; or
(b)the holder of a licence of an engineer granted under the law of State other than Tanzania and rendered valid under these Regulations, in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence; or
(c)the holder of a licence of an engineer granted under the law of any such state as may be notified; or
(d)a person whom the Director-General has authorised to issue a certificate of maintenance in a particular case, and in accordance with that authority:
Provided that, upon approving a maintenance schedule, the Director-General may direct that a certificate of maintenance relating to that schedule, or to any part specified in his direction, may be issued only by the holder of such licence as is so specified.
(5)Certificate of maintenance shall be issued in duplicate. One of the duplicates shall, during the period of validity of the certificate, be carried in the aircraft as required by regulation 54 and the other shall be kept by the operator elsewhere than in the aircraft.
(6)On the termination of every flight by an aircraft registered in Tanzania, the commander of the aircraft shall enter in a technical log-book particulars of—
(a)the times at which that flight began and ended;
(b)any defect in any part of the aircraft or its equipment, including its radio station, which may be known to him, being a part to which a maintenance schedule relates, and if no such defect is known to him, he shall make an entry to that effect and shall sign and date such entries:
Provided that, in the case of a number of consecutive flights beginning and ending on the same day at the same aerodrome and with the same person as commander of the aircraft, the commander of the aircraft may enter the particulars in a technical log-book at the end of the last of the flights.
(7)Upon the rectification of any defect which has been entered in a technical log-book in accordance with paragraph (6) a copy of the certificate of compliance required by regulation 10 in respect of the work done for the rectification of the defect, shall be entered in the technical log-book in such a position or manner as to be readily identifiable with the entry of defect to which it relates.
(8)The technical log-book referred to in paragraphs (6) and (7) shall be carried in the aircraft when regulation 53 so requires and copies of the entries referred to in those paragraphs shall be kept on the ground.
(9)Subject to regulation 55 every certificate of maintenance shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft for a period of two years following the expiry of the period of validity of the certificate and for such further period as the Director-General may require in any particular case.

10. Inspection, overhaul, repair, replacement and modification

(1)An aircraft registered in Tanzania, being an aircraft in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under these Regulations is in force, shall not fly (except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this regulation) if any part of the aircraft or of such of its equipment as is necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft, has been overhauled, repaired, replaced or modified, or has been inspected as provided in regulation 8(7)(b), unless there is in force a certificate of compliance issued in accordance with this regulation and relating to the overhaul, repair, replacement, modification or inspection, as the case may be:Provided that—If a repair or replacement of a part of an aircraft or its equipment is carried out when the aircraft is at such place that it is not reasonably practicable—
(i)for the repair or replacement to be carried out in such a manner that a certificate of compliance can be issued under this Regulation in respect thereof; or
(ii)for such a certificate to be issued while the aircraft is at that place,
the aircraft may fly to a place at which such a certificate can be issued, being the nearest place—
(aa)to which the aircraft can, in the reasonable opinion of the commander safely fly by a route for which it is properly equipped; and
(bb)to which it is reasonable to fly having regard to any person on board,
and in such case the commander of the aircraft shall cause written particulars of the flight, and the reason for making it, to be given to the Director-General within 10 days.
(2)Neither—
(a)equipment provided in compliance with Fifth Schedule to these Regulations (except paragraph (3) thereof); nor
(b)in the case of a public transport aircraft, radio apparatus provided for use therein or in any survival craft carried therein, whether or not such apparatus is provided in compliance with these Regulations or any regulation made thereunder,
shall be installed, or placed on board for use, in an aircraft registered in Tanzania after being overhauled, repaired or modified, unless there is in force in respect thereof at the time when it is installed or placed on board a certificate of compliance issued in accordance with this regulation and relating to the overhaul, repair or modification, as the case may be.
(3)For the purpose of these Regulations, "certificate of compliance" means a certificate that the part of the aircraft or its equipment has been overhauled, repaired, replaced or modified, as the case may be, in a manner and with material of a type approved by the Director-General either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or the particular aircraft and which identifies the overhaul, repair, replacement or modification to which it relates and includes particulars of the work done; and in relation to an inspection required by the Director-General, that the inspection has been made in accordance with the requirement of the Director-General and that any consequential repair or replacement has been carried out.
(4)A certificate of compliance may be issued for the purpose of this regulation only by—
(a)the holder of a licence granted under these Regulations as an aircraft maintenance engineer or aircraft radio maintenance engineer being a licence of a category appropriate in accordance with regulation 11 and the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations; or
(b)the holder of a licence of an engineer granted under the law of a state other than one of Tanzania and rendered valid under these Regulations, in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence; or
(c)the holder of a licence of an engineer granted under the law of any such state as may be notified, in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence and subject to any conditions which may be notified; or
(d)a person approved by the Director-General as being competent to issue such certificates; or
(e)a person whom the Director-General has authorised to issue the certificate in a particular case;
(f)in relation only to the adjustment and compensation of direct reading magnetic compasses, the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes), a Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes) or a Flight Navigator's Licence.
(5)Subject to regulation 55, the certificate of compliance shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft for the period of time for which he is required to preserve the log-book relating to the same part of the aircraft or to the same equipment or apparatus as the case may be.
(6)In this regulation, the word "repair" includes, in relation to a compass the adjustment and compensation.

11. Licensing of maintenance engineers

(1)The Director-General may grant to any person a licence to act for the purposes of these Regulations as an aircraft maintenance engineer or aircraft radio maintenance engineer of one of the categories specified in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations, upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence and is qualified by his knowledge and experience to do so, and for that purpose the applicant shall furnish such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests as the Director-General may require of him. The Director-General may include a rating in the licence limiting the licence to particular types of aircraft or equipment.
(2)A licence of any category shall, subject to any rating, entitle the holder to issue certificates of maintenance, certificates of compliance or certificates of fitness for flight in accordance with the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations.
(3)A licence and a rating shall, subject to the provision of regulation 56, remain in force for the periods specified therein, not exceeding twelve months, but may be renewed by the Director-General from time to time upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person and is qualified.
(4)The Director-General may issue a certificate rendering valid for the purposes of these regulations any licence as an aircraft maintenance engineer granted under the law of any state other than Tanzania for such conditions, and for such periods, as the Director-General thinks fit.
(5)Upon receiving a licence granted under this regulation, the holder shall forthwith sign his name in ink with his ordinary signature.

12. Equipment of aircraft

(1)An aircraft shall not fly unless it is so equipped as to comply with the law of the State in which it is registered, and to enable lights and markings to be displayed, and signals to be made, in accordance with these Regulations and any regulations made thereunder.
(2)In the case of aircraft registered in Tanzania, the equipment required to be provided (in addition to any other equipment required by or under these Regulations) shall be that specified in such parts of the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations as are applicable in the circumstances and shall comply with the provisions of that Schedule. The equipment, except that specified in paragraph (3) of the said Schedule shall be of a type approved by the Director-General either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or in relation to that aircraft and shall be installed in a manner so approved.
(3)In any particular case the Director-General may direct that an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall carry such additional or special equipment or supplies as he may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations, or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.
(4)The equipment carried in compliance with this regulation shall be so installed or stowed and kept stowed, and so maintained and adjusted, as to be readily accessible and capable of being used by the person for whose use it is intended.
(5)The position of equipment provided for emergency use shall be indicated by clear markings in or on the aircraft. In particular, there shall be exhibited in a prominent position in every passenger compartment of every public transport aircraft registered in Tanzania a notice stating where the life jackets (if any) are to be found, and containing instructions as to how they are to be used.
(6)All equipment installed or carried in an aircraft, whether or not in compliance with this regulation, shall be so installed or stowed and kept stowed and so maintained and adjusted as not to be a source of danger in itself or to impair the airworthiness of the aircraft or the proper functioning of any equipment or services necessary for the safety of the aircraft.
(7)Without prejudice to paragraph (2) of this regulation, all navigational equipment (other than radio apparatus) of any of the following types, namely—
(a)equipment capable of establishing the aircraft's position in relation to its position at some earlier time by computing and applying the resultant of the acceleration and gravitational forces acting upon it; and
(b)equipment capable of establishing automatically the altitude and relative bearing of selected celestial bodies,
when carried in an aircraft registered in Tanzania (whether or not in compliance with these Regulations), shall be of a type approved by the Director-General either generally or in relation to that aircraft and shall be installed in a manner so approved.
(8)This regulation shall not apply in relation to radio apparatus except that specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations.

13. Radio equipment of aircraft

(1)An aircraft shall not fly unless it is so equipped with radio apparatus as to comply with the law of the State in which the aircraft is registered and to enable communications to be made, and the aircraft to be navigated, in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and any regulations made thereunder.
(2)In the case of aircraft registered in Tanzania the aircraft shall be equipped with radio apparatus in accordance with the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations.
(3)In any particular case the Director-General may direct that an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall carry such additional or special radio apparatus as he may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.
(4)The radio apparatus carried in an aircraft in compliance with this regulation shall always be maintained in serviceable condition and shall be as notified in respect of the radio frequency employed.
(5)All radio apparatus installed in an aircraft registered in Tanzania whether or not in compliance with these Regulations or any regulations made thereunder, shall be of a type approved by the Director-General as suitable for the purpose for which it is to be used, and shall, except in the case of a glider which is permitted by paragraph (1) of regulation 3 to fly unregistered, be installed in a manner approved in writing by the Director-General. Neither the apparatus nor the manner in which it is installed shall be modified except with the approval of the Director-General.
(6)The Director-General may, if in his opinion the circumstances are exceptional, grant in writing an exemption from compliance with all or any of the requirements of this regulation or of regulation 30(3) in respect of any aircraft or type of aircraft and subject to such conditions as he may think fit. In particular, the Director-General may grant such an exemption in any case where, owing to the absence of radio facilities available for air navigation, it appears to him that the carriage of radio apparatus would serve no useful purpose.

14. Aircraft, engine and propeller log-books

(1)In addition to any other log-books required by or under these Regulations, the following log-books shall be kept in respect of every aircraft registered in Tanzania—
(a)an aircraft log-book; and
(b)a separate log-book in respect of each engine fitted in the aircraft; and
(c)a separate log-book in respect of each variable pitch propeller fitted to the aircraft.
The log-book shall include the particulars respectively specified in the Seventh Schedule to these Regulations.
(2)Each entry in the log-book shall be made as soon as practicable after the occurrence to which it relates, but in no event more than seven days after the expiration of the certificate of maintenance (if any) in force in respect of the aircraft at the time of the occurrence.
(3)Entries in a log-book may refer to other documents, which shall be clearly identified, and any other document so referred to shall be deemed, for the purposes of these Regulation, to be part of the log-book.
(4)It shall be the duty of the operator of every aircraft to keep or cause to be kept in accordance with the provisions of this regulation such log-books as are by this regulation required to be kept.
(5)Subject to regulation 55, every log-book shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until a date two years after the aircraft, the engine or the variable pitch propeller, as the case may be, has been destroyed or has been permanently withdrawn from use.

15. Aircraft weight schedule

(1)Every flying machine and glider in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under these Regulations is in force shall be weighed, and the position of its centre of gravity determined, at such times and in such manner as the Director-General may require in the case of that aircraft.
(2)Upon the aircraft being weighed the operator of the aircraft shall prepare a weight schedule showing the basic weight of the aircraft, that is to say, the weight of the aircraft empty together with the weight of unusable oil in the aircraft and such items of equipment as are indicated in the weight schedule; and showing the position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft when the aircraft contains only the items included in the basic weight.
(3)Subject to regulation 55, the weight schedule shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until the expiry of a period of six months following the next occasion on which the aircraft is weighed for the purposes of this regulation.

16. Access and inspection

(1)The Director-General may cause such inspections, investigations, tests, experiments and flight trials to be made as he deems necessary to enable him to perform the functions vested in him by this Part of these Regulations, and any person authorised in writing by the Director-General shall at any reasonable time have the right of access to any place in any establishment to which access is necessary for the purpose of inspecting the manufacture of or assembly of any part of the aircraft or any drawings or other documents relating to any part of the aircraft.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Director-General, and any authorised person, may inspect and test any aircraft radio station, other than a station comprising only the radio apparatus specified in the proviso to regulation 13(5), and may inspect any workshop or other place used for the maintenance of aircraft radio apparatus, and shall at any reasonable time have the right of access as necessary to enable the exercise of the powers conferred by this paragraph.

Part V – Aircraft crew and licensing (regs 17-23)

17. Composition of crew of aircraft

(1)An aircraft shall not fly unless it carries a flight crew of the number and description required by the law of the State in which it is registered.
(2)An aircraft registered in Tanzania shall carry a flight crew adequate in number and description to ensure the safety of the aircraft and of at least the number and description specified in the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under these Regulations or, if no certificate of airworthiness is required under these Regulations to be in force, the certificate of airworthiness, if any, last in force under these Regulations, in respect of that aircraft.
(3)An aircraft registered in Tanzania and flying for the purpose of public transport, having a maximum authorised total weight authorised of 5,700 kg. or more, shall carry not less than two pilots as members of the flight crew.
(4)An aircraft registered in Tanzania flying for the purpose of public transport on—
(a)a flight during the course of which it is intended that the aircraft shall be over water for a great circle distance of more than 1,000 nautical miles; or
(b)a flight without landing which is intended to be of a great circle distance of more than 1,500 nautical miles,
shall carry—
(i)a flight navigator as a member of the flight crew; or
(ii)navigation equipment approved by the Director-General and used in accordance with any conditions subject to which that approval may have been given.
(5)On any flight where paragraph (4) requires that a flight navigator be carried and a pilot and second pilot are carried, then the pilot or the second pilot, if licensed as a flight navigator, may be responsible for the navigation of the aircraft provided he holds a licence having an aircraft rating in respect of the particular type of aircraft.
(6)
(a)When an aircraft registered in Tanzania carries 20 or more passengers on a flight for the purposes of public transport, the crew of the aircraft shall include cabin attendants carried for the purposes of performing in the interest of the safety of passengers duties to be assigned by the operator or the person in command of the aircraft, but who shall not act as members of the flight crew.
(b)The Director-General may give a direction to the operator of any aircraft registered in Tanzania requiring him to include among the crew whenever the aircraft is flying for the purposes of public transport at least one cabin attendant, notwithstanding that the aircraft may be carrying fewer than 20 passengers.
(c)In the case of an aircraft with a total seating capacity of not more than 200, the number of cabin attendants carried on such a flight as is mentioned in subparagraph (a) of this regulation, shall be not less than one cabin attendant for every 50, or fraction of 50, passengers carried.
(d)In the case of an aircraft with a total seating of more than 200, the number of cabin attendants carried on such a flight shall be not less than half the number of main exits in the aircraft, and in addition, when more than 200 passengers are carried, one additional cabin attendant for every 25, or fraction of 25, of such passengers:Provided that, if the number of cabin attendants, calculated in accordance with this subparagraph, exceeds the number of main exits in the aircraft, it shall be sufficient compliance with this regulation if the number of cabin attendants carried is equal to the number of main exits in the aircraft.
(e)For the purposes of this paragraph, a main exit means an exit in the side of the aircraft at floor level intended for the disembarkation of passengers whether normally or in an emergency.

18. Flight crew member to hold licence

(1)Subject to the provisions of this regulation, no person shall act as a member of flight crew of an aircraft registered in Tanzania unless he is the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under these Regulations:Provided that a student pilot may within Tanzania act in accordance with conditions of permission specified under regulation 34 as a flight radiotelephony operator without being the holder of a licence.
(2)Subject to this regulation, no person shall act as member of the flight crew, required under these Regulations, of an aircraft registered elsewhere than in Tanzania, unless he is holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under the law of the state in which the aircraft is registered:Provided that a person may act as member of the flight crew, required under these Regulations, of such an aircraft, not flying for public transport or aerial work, if he is the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under these Regulations and the Director-General does not in a particular case issue a direction to the contrary.
(3)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person may, unless the certificate of airworthiness in force in respect of the aircraft otherwise requires, act as pilot of an aircraft registered in Tanzania for the purposes of undergoing training or tests for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence or for the inclusion, renewal or extension of a rating therein without being the holder of an appropriate licence if the following conditions are complied with—
(a)no other person shall be carried in the aircraft or in an aircraft being towed thereby except a person carried as a member of the flight crew in compliance with these Regulations, a person authorised by the Director-General to witness the training or test, or, if the pilot in command of the aircraft is the holder of an appropriate licence, a person carried for the purpose of being trained as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft; and
(b)the person acting as the pilot of the aircraft without being the holder of an appropriate licence shall not be the pilot in command of the aircraft unless within the period of six months immediately preceding he was either the holder of a pilot's licence (other than a student pilot's licence) granted under these Regulations or was serving as a qualified pilot of aircraft in any of the military, naval or air forces of Tanzania, and his physical condition has not, so far as he is aware, so deteriorated during that period as to render him unfit for the licence for which he intends to qualify.
(4)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person may act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in Tanzania without being the holder of an appropriate licence if, in so doing, he is acting in the course of his duty as a member of any of the naval, military or air forces of Tanzania.
(5)An appropriate licence for the purposes of this regulation means a licence which entitles the holder to perform the functions which he undertakes in relation to the aircraft concerned and the flight on which he is engaged.
(6)This regulation shall not apply to a person by reason of his acting as a member of the flight crew of a glider which is not flying for the purpose of public transport or aerial work.

19. Classes of licences

(1)The Director-General may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit and upon being satisfied that the applicant—
(a)is above the minimum age specified under Part A of the Eighth Schedule to these Regulations;
(b)is a fit and proper person to hold the licence;
(c)is qualified by reason of his knowledge, experience, competence, skill and physical fitness to act in the capacity to which the licence relates, grant licences of any of the following classes—
(i)student pilot's licence;
(ii)private pilot's licence (aeroplanes);
(iii)private pilot's licence (helicopters);
(iv)private pilot's licence (balloon and airships);
(v)commercial pilot's licence (aeroplanes);
(vi)commercial pilot's licence (helicopters);
(vii)senior commercial pilot's licence (aeroplanes);
(viii)airline transport pilot's licence (aeroplanes);
(ix)commercial pilot's licence (helicopters);
(x)flight navigator's licence;
(xi)flight engineer's licence;
(xii)flight radiotelephony operator's licence.
(2)Every applicant shall furnish such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests (including in particular medical examinations) as the Director-General may require.
(3)Subject to any conditions of the licence, a licence of any class shall entitle the holder to perform the functions specified in respect of that licence in Part A of the Eighth Schedule under the heading "privileges":Provided that—
(a)subject to paragraphs (4) and (10) of this regulation, and regulation 22(1), a person shall not be entitled to perform any of the functions specified in Part B of the said Schedule in respect of a rating unless his licence includes that rating; and
(b)a person shall not be entitled to perform any of the functions to which his licence relates if he knows or has reason to believe that a physical condition renders him temporarily or permanently unfit to perform such function.
(4)The Director-General may, if he is satisfied that the applicant is qualified to act in the capacity to which the rating relates, include in a licence a rating of any of the classes specified in Part B of the said Eighth Schedule, and such rating shall be deemed to form part of the licence and shall entitle the holder to perform such functions as are specified in Part B of the said Schedule in respect of that rating. An instrument rating (referred to in the said Schedule) may be renewed by any person appointed by the Director-General for that purpose, if that person is satisfied by a flight test that the applicant continues to be competent to perform the functions to which the rating relates.
(5)A licence and a rating shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 56, remain in force for the periods indicated in the licence, not exceeding those respectively specified in the Eighth Schedule to these regulations, and may be renewed by the Director-General upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person and is qualified.
(6)Upon receiving a licence granted under this regulation, the holder shall sign his name in ink with his ordinary signature.
(7)Every holder of a licence, other than a flight radiotelephony operator's licence, granted under this regulation shall submit himself to medical examination, by a person approved by the Director-General, upon applying for the renewal of the licence and upon such other occasions as the Director-General may require.
(8)Every holder of a licence, other than a flight radiotelephony operator's licence, granted under this regulation or rendered valid under regulation 20 who suffers—
(a)any personal injury involving incapacity to undertake the functions to which his licence relates; or
(b)any illness involving incapacity to undertake those functions throughout a period of twenty days or more,
shall inform the Director-General in writing of such injury, and as soon as the period of twenty days has elapsed in the case of illness.
(9)A licence, other than a flight radiotelephony operator's licence, granted under this Part of these regulations shall be deemed to be suspended upon the occurrence of such an inquiry, or the elapse of such period of illness as is referred to in paragraph (7). The suspension of the licence shall cease upon the holder being medically examined under arrangements made by the Director-General and pronounced fit to resume his functions under the licence.
(10)A licence granted under this regulation shall be deemed to be suspended upon the pregnancy of the holder being diagnosed and shall remain suspended until the holder has been medically examined after the termination of the pregnancy and pronounced fit to resume her duties under the licence.
(11)Nothing in these regulations shall be taken to prohibit the holder of a commercial pilot's, senior commercial pilot's or airline transport pilot's licence (aeroplanes) from acting as pilot in command of an aeroplane carrying passengers by night by reasons of the lack of a night rating in the licence.

20. Validation of licences

The Director-General may issue and renew a certificate of validation rendering valid for the purposes of these Regulations any licence and a member of the flight crew of aircraft which has been granted by a duly competent authority in a state other than Tanzania and a certificate of validation may be issued or renewed subject to such conditions and for such period as the Director-General thinks fit:Provided that—
(a)a certificate of validation shall not be issued or renewed unless the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a certificate; and
(b)the Director-General may refuse to issue or to renew a certificate of validation if such refusal in the circumstances appears to him to be in the public interest.

21. Personal flying log-book

Every member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in Tanzania and every person who engages in flying for the grant or renewal of a licence under these regulations shall keep a personal flying log-book in which the following particulars shall be recorded—
(a)the name and address of the holder of the log-book;
(b)particulars of the holder's licence (if any) to act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft;
(c)the name and address of his employer (if any);
(d)particulars of all flights made as a member of the flight crew of aircraft, including—
(i)the date, time, duration and places of arrival and departure of each flight;
(ii)the type and registration marks of the aircraft;
(iii)the capacity in which the holder acted in flight;
(iv)particulars of any special conditions under which the flight was conducted, including night flying and instrument flying;
(v)particulars of any test or examination undertaken whilst in flight.

22. Instruction in flying

(1)No person shall give flying instruction to any person flying or about to fly an aircraft unless such person holds a pilot's licence granted or rendered valid under these regulations, in which is included a valid instructor's rating or assistant rating, and which entitles such person—
(a)to act as pilot in command of the aircraft in which instruction is to be given; and
(b)which, if payment is made for the instruction, entitles such person to act as pilot in command of an aircraft flying for the purpose of public transport:
Provided that subparagraph (b) shall not apply if the aircraft is owned or is operated under arrangements entered into by a flying club of which both the person giving and the person receiving the instruction are members.
(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)
(a)"flying instruction" includes instruction given for the purpose of becoming qualified for the grant of a pilot's licence; and
(b)payment shall be deemed to be made for instruction if any reward is given or promised by any person to any other person in consideration of the flight being made or the instruction given or if the instruction is given by a person employed for reward primarily for the purpose of giving such instruction.
(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the Director-General may, in any particular case, permit the holder of a pilot's licence granted or rendered valid under these regulations to give flying instructions to another holder of a pilot's licence for the purpose of qualifying that person for an extension to the aircraft rating in his licence, but such permission shall only be given where the person to whom instruction is to be given is the holder of a pilot's licence which includes an aircraft rating specifying a type of aircraft of the same classification under Part A of the Fifth Schedule to these regulations as that in which he is permitted to receive instruction.

23. Glider pilot minimum age

No person under the age of sixteen years shall act as pilot in command of a glider.

Part VI – Operation of aircraft (regs 24-48)

24. Operations manual

(1)This regulation shall apply to public transport aircraft registered in Tanzania, except aircraft used for the time being solely for flights not intended to exceed 60 minutes in duration, which are either—
(a)flights solely for training persons to perform duties in an aircraft; or
(b)flights intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome.
(2)
(a)The operator of every aircraft to which this regulation applies shall—
(i)make available to each member of his operating staff an operations manual; and
(ii)ensure that each copy of the operations manual is kept up to date and that one copy is carried on each flight so as to be available to the members of the flight crew.
(b)Each operations manual shall contain all such information and instructions as may be necessary to enable each member of the operating staff to perform his duty as such, including in particular, information and instructions relating to the matters specified in Part A of the Tenth Schedule to these Regulations:Provided that the operations manual shall be required to contain any information or instructions available in a flight manual accessible to the persons by whom the information or instructions may be required.
(3)
(a)Every operator of an aircraft to which this regulation applies, in effect in respect of the aircraft, shall, within 30 days prior to a flight, furnish the Director-General with a copy of the whole of the operations manual for the time being.
(b)The operator shall furnish to the Director-General any amendments or additions made to the operational manual before, or immediately after they come into effect:Provided that where an amendment or condition relates to the operation of an aircraft to which the operations manual did not previously apply, that aircraft shall not fly for the purpose of public transport until the amendment or additional condition has been furnished to the Director-General;
(c)Without prejudice to the foregoing subparagraphs the operator shall make such amendments or additions to the operations manual as the Director-General may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or of persons or property carried or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.
(4)For the purposes of this regulation and the Tenth Schedule to these regulations "Operating Staff" means the servants and agents employed by the operator, whether or not as members of the crew of the aircraft, to ensure that the flights of the aircraft are conducted in a safe manner, and includes an operator who himself performs those functions.

25. Training manual

(1)The operator of every aircraft registered in Tanzania and flying for the purpose of public transport shall—
(a)make a training manual available to every person appointed by the operator to give or to supervise the training, experience, practice or periodical tests required under regulation 26(2); and
(b)ensure that each copy of that training manual is kept up to date.
(2)Each training manual shall contain all such information and instructions as may be necessary to enable a person appointed by the operator to give or to supervise the training, experience, practice and periodical tests required under regulation 26(2) to perform his duties.
(3)
(a)Any aircraft to which this regulation applies, shall not fly unless, not less than 30 days prior to flight, the operator of the aircraft has furnished to the Director-General copy of the whole of this training manual relating to the crew of that aircraft.
(b)Any amendments or additions to the training manual shall be furnished to the Director-General by the operator before or immediately after they come into effect:Provided that where an amendment or addition relates to training experience, practice or periodical tests on an aircraft to which the training manual did not previously relate, that aircraft shall not fly for the purpose of public transport until the amendment or addition has been furnished to the Director-General.
(c)Without prejudice to the foregoing subparagraphs the operator shall make such amendments or additions to the training manual as the Director-General may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or of persons or property carried therein or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.

26. Public transport operator's responsibilities

(1)The operator of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not permit the aircraft to fly for the purpose of public transport without first—
(a)designating from among the flight crew a pilot to be the commander of the aircraft for the flight; and
(b)satisfying himself by every reasonable means that aeronautical radio stations and navigational aids serving the intended route or any planned diversion from there are adequate for the safe navigation of the aircraft; and
(c)satisfying himself by every reasonable means that the aerodromes at which it is intended to take off or land and any alternative aerodrome at which a landing may be made are suitable for the purpose and in particular are adequately manned and equipped to ensure the safety of the aircraft and its passengers:
Provided that the operator of the aircraft shall not be required to satisfy himself as to the adequacy of fire-fighting, search, rescue or other services which are required only after the occurrence of an accident.
(2)The operator of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not permit any person to be a member of the crew during any flight for the purpose of public transport (except a flight for the sole purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft) unless such person has had the training, experience, practice, and periodical tests specified in Part B of the Tenth Schedule to these Regulations in respect of the duties which he is to perform and unless the operator has satisfied himself that such person is competent to perform his duties, and in particular to use the equipment provided in the aircraft for that purpose. The operator shall maintain, preserve, produce and furnish information respecting records relating to the Tenth Schedule.

27. Public transport loading of aircraft

(1)The operator of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not cause or permit it to be loaded for a flight for the purpose of public transport except under the supervision of a person whom he has caused to be furnished with written instructions as to the distribution and securing of the load so as to ensure that—
(a)the load may safely be carried on the flight; and
(b)any conditions subject to which the certificate of airworthiness in force in respect of the aircraft was issued or rendered valid, being conditions relating to the loading of the aircraft, are complied with.
(2)The instructions shall indicate the weight of the aircraft prepared for service, that is to say the aggregate of the basic weight (shown in the weight schedule referred to in regulation 15) and the weight of such additional items in or on the aircraft as the operator thinks fit to include; and the instructions shall indicate the additional items included in the weight of the aircraft prepared for service and shall show the position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft at that weight:Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in relation to a flight if:
(a)the aircraft's maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 1,150 kgs.; or
(b)the aircraft's maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 2,730 kgs. and the flight is intended not to exceed 60 minutes in duration and is either—
(i)a flight solely for training persons to perform duties in an aircraft; or
(ii)a flight intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome.
(3)The operator of an aircraft shall not cause or permit it to be loaded in contravention of the instructions referred to in paragraph (1).
(4)The person supervising the loading of the aircraft, shall, before the commencement of any such flight, prepare and sign a load sheet in duplicate conforming to the requirements specified in paragraph (6), and shall, unless he is himself the commander of the aircraft, submit the load sheet for the examination of the commander of the aircraft who shall upon being satisfied that the aircraft is loaded in the manner required by paragraph (1), sign his name:Provided that the foregoing requirements of this paragraph shall not apply if—
(a)the load and the distributing and securing upon the next intended flight are to be unchanged from the previous flight and the commander of the aircraft makes and signs an endorsement to that effect upon the load sheet for the previous flight, indicating the date of the endorsement, the place of departure upon the next intended flight and the next intended place of destinations; or
(b)paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to the flight.
(5)One copy of the load sheet shall be carried in the aircraft when regulation 53 so requires until the flight to which it relates has been completed and one copy of that load sheet and of the instruction referred to in this regulation shall be preserved by the operator until the expiration of a period of six months thereafter and shall not be carried in the aircraft.
(6)Every load sheet required by paragraph (4) shall contain the following particulars—
(a)the nationality mark of the aircraft to which the load sheet relates, and the registration mark assigned to that aircraft by the Director-General;
(b)particulars of the flight to which the load sheet relates;
(c)the total weight of the aircraft as loaded for that flight;
(d)the weights of the several items from which total weight of the aircraft, as so loaded, has been calculated including in particular the weight of the aircraft prepared for service and the respective total weights of the passengers, crew, baggage and cargo intended to be carried on the flight;
(e)the manner in which the load is distributed and the resulting position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft which may be given approximately if and to the extent that the relevant certificate of airworthiness so permits, and shall include at the foot or end of the load sheet a certificate signed by the person referred to in paragraph (1) as responsible for the loading of the aircraft, that the aircraft has been loaded in accordance with the written instructions furnished to him by the operator of the aircraft pursuant to the said paragraph.
(7)For the purpose of calculating the weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the passengers and crew entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each person and for the purposes each person shall be separately weighed:Provided that in the case of an aircraft with a total seating capacity of twelve or more persons and subject to the provisions of paragraph (8) the said weights may be calculated according to the following table, and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect.
TableKg
Males over 12 years of age75
Females over 12 years of age65
Children aged 2 years or more but not over 12 years of age40
Infants under 2 years of age10
(8)The commander of the aircraft shall, if in his opinion it is necessary in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, require any or all the passengers and crew to be actually weighed for the purpose of the entry to be made in the load sheet.

28. Public transport operating conditions

(1)An aircraft registered in Tanzania shall not fly for the purpose of public transport, except for the sole purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft, unless such requirements as are specified in Part C of the Tenth Schedule to these regulations in respect of its weight and related performance are complied with.
(2)The assessment of the ability of an aircraft to comply with paragraph (1) shall be based on the information as to its performance contained in the certificate of airworthiness to the aircraft. In the event of the information given being insufficient for that purpose such assessment shall be based on the best information available to the commander of the aircraft.
(3)Such requirements as may be specified in Part D of the Tenth Schedule to these regulations in respect of the weather conditions required for take-off, approach to landing and landing shall be complied with in respect of every aircraft to which regulation 24 applies.
(4)An aircraft registered in Tanzania when flying over water for the purpose of public transport shall fly, except as may be necessary for the purpose of take-off or landing, at such an altitude as would enable the aircraft
(a)if it has one engine only, in the event of the failure of that engine;
(b)if it has more than one engine, in the event of the failure of one of those engines and with the remaining engine or engines operating specified in the certificates of airworthiness relating to the aircraft,
to reach a place at which it can safely land at a height sufficient to enable it to do so.
(5)Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (4), an aeroplane in respect of which there is in force under these Regulations a certificate of airworthiness designating the aeroplane as being of performance group X shall not fly over water for the purpose of public transport so as to be more than 60 minutes flying time from the nearest shore, unless the aeroplane has more than two power units. For the purposes of this paragraph, flying time shall be calculated at normal cruising speed with one power unit in operative.

29. Aircraft registered in Tanzania aerodrome operating minima

(1)The operator of every aircraft to which Regulation 24 applies shall establish and include in the operations manual relating to the aircraft particulars of aerodrome operating minima appropriate to every aerodrome of intended departure or landing and every alternate aerodrome:Provided that in relation to any flight wherein it is not practicable to include such information in the operations manual the operator of the said aircraft shall, prior to the commencement of the flight, cause to be furnished in writing, to the commander of the aircraft, particulars of the aerodrome operating minima appropriate to every aerodrome of intended departure or landing and every alternate aerodrome, and calculated in accordance with the specified method; and the operator shall cause a copy of the said particulars to be retained outside the aircraft for a minimum period of 3 months.
(2)The operator of every aircraft shall include in the operations manual relating to that aircraft such data and instructions as will enable the commander of the aircraft to calculate aerodrome operating minima appropriate to aerodromes the use of which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the operator prior to the commencement of the flight.
(3)The aerodrome operating minima specified shall not, in respect of any aerodrome, be less favourable than any declared in respect of that aerodrome by the competent authority, unless that authority otherwise permits in writing.
(4)In establishing aerodrome operating minima for the purposes of this regulation the operator of the aircraft shall take into account the following matters—
(a)the type, performance and landing characteristics of the aircraft and any relevant conditions in its certificate of airworthiness;
(b)the composition of its crew;
(c)the physical characteristics of the relevant aerodrome and its surrounding;
(d)the dimension of the runways which may be selected for use; and
(e)whether or not there are in use at the relevant aerodrome any aids, visual or otherwise, to assist aircraft in approach landing or take-off, being aids which the crew of the aircraft are trained and equipped to use; the nature of any such aids that are in use; and the procedures for approach, landing and take-off which may be adopted according to the existence or absence of such aids,
and shall establish in relation to each runway which may be selected for use aerodrome operating minima appropriate to each set of circumstances which can reasonably be expected.
(5)An aircraft to which regulation 24 applies shall not commence a flight at a time when—
(a)the cloud ceiling or the runway visual range at the aerodrome of departure is less than the relevant minima specified for take-off; or
(b)according to the information available to the commander of the aircraft, it would not be able, without contravening paragraph (6) of this regulation, to commence or continue an approach to landing at the aerodrome of intended destination at the estimated time of arrival there and at any alternate aerodrome at any time at which according to a reasonable estimate the aircraft would arrive there.
(6)An aircraft to which regulation 24 applies shall not—
(a)commence or continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome if the runway visual range at that aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing; except that an approach to landing may be continued if, when the commander of the aircraft receives information that the runway visual range is less than the specified minimum for landing—
(i)the aircraft is below the specified decision height; and
(ii)the specified visual reference has been established at the decision height and is maintained; and
(iii)the approach to landing has, at least until the specified visual reference has been established, been made by use of an instrument landing system notified for the purpose of this regulation; or
(b)continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome by flying below the specified decision height unless from that height the specified visual reference for landing is established and is maintained.
(7)If, according to the information available, an aircraft would as regards any flight be required by the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules at the aerodrome of intended landing, the commander of the aircraft shall select prior to take-off an alternate aerodrome unless no aerodrome suitable for that purpose is available.
(8)In this regulation "specified" in relation to an aircraft means specified by the operator in, or ascertainable by reference to, the operations manual relating to that aircraft.

30. Aircraft not registered in Tanzania aerodrome operating minima

(1)A public transport aircraft registered in a country other than Tanzania shall not fly in or over Tanzania unless the operator shall have furnished to the Director-General particulars as he may require relating to the aerodrome operation minima specified by the operator in relation to aerodromes in Tanzania for the purpose of limiting their use by the aircraft for take-off or landing, including any instructions given by the operator in relation to such aerodrome operating minima so specified, and any instructions so given as the Director-General may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or the safety efficiency or regularity of air navigation.
(2)The aircraft shall not begin or end a flight at an aerodrome in Tanzania in contravention of the aerodrome operating minima so specified in relation to that aerodrome or of the instructions referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation.
(3)Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation, a public transport aircraft registered in a country other than Tanzania shall not—
(a)commence or continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome in Tanzania if the runway visual range at the aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing; except that an approach to landing may be continued if, when the commander of the aircraft receives information that the runway visual range is less than the specified minimum for landing—
(i)the aircraft is below the specified decision height;
(ii)the specified visual reference has been established at the decision height and is maintained; and
(iii)the approach to landing has, at least until the specified visual reference has been established, been made by use of an instrument landing system notified for the purpose of this regulation; or
(b)continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome in Tanzania by flying below the specified decision height unless from that height the specified visual reference is established and is maintained.
(4)In this regulation "specified" in relation to an aircraft means specified by the operator in, or ascertainable by reference to, the operations manual relating to that aircraft.

31. Pre-flight action by commander of aircraft

The commander of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall satisfy himself before the aircraft takes off—
(a)that the flight can safely be made, taking into account the latest information available as to the route and aerodromes to be used, the weather reports and forecasts available, and any alternative course of action which can be adopted in case the flight cannot be completed as planned;
(b)that the equipment, including radio apparatus, required by or under these regulations to be carried, is carried and is in a fit condition for use;
(c)that the aircraft is in every way fit for the intended flight, and that where certificates of maintenance are required by paragraph (1) of regulation 9 to be in force, they are in force and will not cease to be in force during the intended flight;
(d)that the load carried by the aircraft is of such weight, and is so distributed and secured, that it may safely be carried on the intended flight;
(e)in the case of an aeroplane or airship, that sufficient fuel, oil and engine coolant (if required) are carried for the intended flight, and that a safe margin has been allowed for contingencies, and, in the case of a flight for the purpose of public transport, that the instructions in the operations manual relating to fuel, oil and engine coolant have been complied with;
(f)in the case of an airship or balloon that sufficient ballast is carried for the intended flight;
(g)in the case of an aeroplane, having regard to the performance of the flying machine in the conditions to be expected on the intended flight, and to any obstructions at the places of departure and intended destination and on the intended route, it is capable of safely taking off, reaching and maintaining a safe height, and making a safe landing at the place of intended destination;
(h)that any pre-flight check system established by the operator and set forth in the operations manual or elsewhere has been complied with by each member of the crew of the aircraft.

32. Pilots to remain at controls

The commander of an aircraft registered in Tanzania, being an aeroplane or glider, shall cause one pilot to remain at the controls at all times while the aircraft is in flight. If the aircraft is required by or under these regulations to carry two pilots, the commander shall cause both pilots to remain at the controls during take-off and landing. Each pilot at the controls shall be secured in his seat by either a safety belt or a safety harness; except that during take-off and landing a safety harness shall be used if it is required by regulation 12 to be provided.

33. Public transport of passengers, duties of commander

(1)This regulation applies to flight for the purpose of the public transport of passengers by aircraft registered in Tanzania.
(2)In relation to every flight to which this regulation applies the commander of the aircraft shall—
(a)before the aircraft takes off, take all reasonable steps to ensure that all passengers are made familiar with the position and method of use of emergency exists, safety belts, safety harnesses and life jackets, and all other devices required by or under these regulations and intended for use by passengers individually in case of an emergency occurring to the aircraft:Provided that in relation to lifejackets, this requirement may, except in the case of a seaplane, be complied with at any time before the aircraft reached a point beyond gliding distance from land;
(b)if the aircraft is not a seaplane but it is intended in the course of the flight to reach a point more than 30 minutes flying time (while flying in still air at the speed specified in the relevant certificate of airworthiness as the speed for compliance with regulations governing flight over water) from the nearest land, take all reasonable steps to ensure that before the point is reached, all passengers are given a practical demonstration of the method of use of the lifejackets required by or under these regulations for the use of passengers;
(c)if the aircraft is a seaplane, take all reasonable steps to ensure that before the aircraft takes-off, all passengers are given a practical demonstration of the method of use of the equipment referred to in the preceding subparagraph;
(d)before the aircraft takes off, and before it lands, take all reasonable steps to ensure that the crew of the aircraft carried in compliance with paragraph (6) of regulation 17 are properly secured in their seats and that the persons, if any, are secured in seats which shall be in a passenger compartment and which shall be so situated that passengers can be readily assisted;
(e)before the aircraft takes off, and before it lands, and whenever by reason of turbulent air or any emergency occurring during the flight, he considers the precautions necessary, take all reasonable steps to ensure that all passengers are properly secured in their seats by safety belts or safety harnesses;
(f)in any emergency, take all reasonable steps to ensure that all passengers are instructed in the emergency action which they should take;
(g)except in a case where a pressure greater than 700 millibars is maintained in all passenger and crew compartments throughout the flight, take all reasonable steps to ensure that—
(i)before the aircraft reaches flight level 130, the method of use of the oxygen provided in the aircraft in compliance with the requirements of regulation 12 is demonstrated to all passengers;
(ii)on reaching such flight level, all passengers are recommended to use oxygen;
(iii)at all times when the aircraft is flying above flight level 130, oxygen is used by all the crew of the aircraft.

34. Operation of radio in aircraft

(1)The radio station in an aircraft shall not be operated, whether or not the aircraft is in flight, except in accordance with the conditions of the licence issued in respect of that station under the law of the State in which the aircraft is registered, and by a person duly licensed or otherwise permitted to operate the radio station under the law.
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), to the effect that the radio station in an aircraft may only be operated by a person duly licensed or otherwise lawfully permitted to do so—
(a)if the licensed operator has become incapacitated during a flight, the commander of the aircraft may, as a temporary measure, authorise an unlicensed person to work the apparatus for the purpose of sending and receiving distress, urgency and safety messages and messages regarding the navigation of the aircraft; and
(b)the Director-General may, in his discretion, grant permission to particular persons, or to persons of such classes or description as he may specify, to operate radio apparatus in aircraft for sending messages to aeronautical radio stations in Tanzania on frequencies above 60 mc. which are not regarded internationally as frequencies to be used by aircraft or international flights. Any such apparatus, worked by unlicensed operators, shall be incapable of easy adjustment for changing frequencies to any other than those for which the apparatus is licensed, and shall be worked in accordance with such conditions as may be attached to the permission.
(3)Whenever an aircraft is in flight in such circumstances that it is required by or under these regulations to be equipped with radio communication apparatus, a continuous radio watch shall be maintained by a member by of the flight crew listening to the signals transmitted upon the frequency notified or designated by a message received from an appropriate aeronautical radio station, for use by that aircraft, and he shall make reports to the appropriate air traffic control unit at such reporting points or at such intervals of time as may be notified for this purpose in the Aeronautical Information Publication of the Directorate of Civil Aviation, or may be directed by the air traffic control unit:Provided that—
(a)the radio watch may be discontinued or continued on another frequency to the extent that the message so permits or for reasons of safety, e.g. danger of lightning or danger arising from a defect in the apparatus; and
(b)the watch may be kept by a device installed in the aircraft if—
(i)the appropriate aeronautical radio station has been informed to that effect and has raised no objection; and
(ii)that station is notified, or in the case of a station situated in a state other than Tanzania, otherwise designated as transmitting a signal suitable for that purpose.
(4)The radio station in an aircraft shall not be operated so as to cause interference which impairs the efficiency of aeronautical telecommunications or navigational services, and in particular emissions shall not be made except as follows—
(a)emission of the class and frequency for the time being in use, in accordance with general international aeronautical practice, in the airspace in which the aircraft is flying;
(b)distress, urgency and safety messages and signals, in accordance with general international aeronautical practice;
(c)messages and signals relating to the flight of the aircraft in accordance with general international aeronautical practice;
(d)such public correspondence messages as may be permitted by or under the aircraft radio station licence referred to in paragraph (1).
(5)In any aircraft registered in Tanzania which is engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport, the pilot and the flight engineer (if any) shall not make use of a hand-held microphone (whether for the purpose of radio communications or inter-communication within the aircraft) whilst the aircraft is flying in controlled air space at an altitude less than 15,000 feet above mean sea level or is taking off or landing.
(6)An aircraft which is equipped with a radio station having a defect such as to impair the safety of the aircraft shall not undertake any flight until the aircraft has been rendered safe, or if such defect occurs during flight, shall land as soon as possible unless the radio station can be and is speedily rendered safe for flight.

35. Use of flight data recorder and preservation of records

(1)On any flight on which a flight data recorder is required by the Fifth Schedule to these regulations to be carried in an aeroplane, it shall always be in use from the beginning of the take-off run to the end of landing run.
(2)The operator of the aeroplane shall at all times, subject to the provisions of regulation 55, preserve—
(a)the last 25 hours of recording made by any flight data recorder required by or under these regulations to be carried in an aeroplane; and
(b)a record of not less than one representative flight, that is to say, a recording of a flight made within the last twelve months which includes a take-off climb, cruise, descent, approach to landing and landing together with a means of identifying the record with the flight to which it relates,
and shall preserve such records for such periods as the Director-General may in a particular case direct.

36. Towing of gliders

(1)An aircraft in flight shall not tow a glider unless the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of the towing aircraft under the law of the state in which that aircraft is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for towing a glider of that particular type.
(2)The length of the combination of towing aircraft, tow rope and glider in flight shall not exceed 150 metres.
(3)The commander of an aircraft which is about to tow a glider shall satisfy himself before the towing aircraft takes off—
(a)that the tow rope is in good condition and is of adequate strength for the purpose and that the combination of towing aircraft and glider is capable of flying in the manner referred to in paragraph (g) of regulation 31;
(b)that signals have been agreed and communication established with persons suitably stationed so as to enable the glider to take off safely;
(c)that emergency signals have been agreed between the commander of the towing aircraft to indicate that the tow rope should immediately be released by the glider and by the commander of the glider to indicate that the tow rope cannot be released.
(4)The glider shall be attached to the towing aircraft by means of the tow rope before the aircraft takes off.
(5)An aircraft in flight shall not tow a glider except in accordance with such conditions and requirements as the Director-General may have notified.

37. Towing, picking up and raising of persons and articles

(1)Subject to this regulation, an aircraft in flight shall not by means external to the aircraft, tow any article, other than a glider, or pick up or raise any person, animal or article, unless the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of that aircraft under the law of the State in which the aircraft is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose.
(2)An aircraft in flight shall not tow any article, other than a glider, at night or when flight visibility is less than 1.5 kilometres.
(3)The length of the combination of towing aircraft, tow rope, and article in tow shall not exceed 150 metres.
(4)A helicopter shall not fly at any height over a heavily populated area of a city, town or settlement at any time when an article, person or animal is suspended from the helicopter.
(5)Nothing in this regulation shall—
(a)prohibit the towing in a reasonable manner by an aircraft in flight of any radio aerial, or any instrument which is being used for experimental purposes;
(b)prohibit the picking up or raising of any persons, animal or article in an emergency or for the purpose of saving life;
(c)apply to any aircraft while it is flying in accordance with the "B Conditions" set forth in the Second Schedule to these regulations;
(d)be taken to permit the towing or picking up of a glider otherwise than in accordance with regulation 36.

38. Dropping of persons and articles

(1)Articles and animals (whether or not attached to a parachute) shall not be dropped, or permitted to drop, from an aircraft in flight so as to endanger persons or property.
(2)Articles, animals and persons (whether or not attached to a parachute) shall not be dropped, or permitted to drop, to the surface from an aircraft flying over Tanzania:Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to the descent of persons by parachute from an aircraft in an emergency, or to the dropping of articles by, or with the authority of, the commander of the aircraft in any of the following circumstances—
(a)the dropping of articles for the purpose of saving life;
(b)the jettisoning, in case of emergency, of fuel or other articles in the aircraft;
(c)the dropping of ballast in the form of fine sand or water;
(d)the dropping of articles solely for the purpose of navigating the aircraft in accordance with ordinary practice or with the provisions of these regulations;
(e)the dropping at an aerodrome in accordance with prescribed regulations of ropes, banners, or similar articles towed by the aircraft;
(f)the dropping of articles for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture, forestry or public health, or as a measure against weather conditions, surface icing or oil pollution, or for training for the dropping of articles for any such purposes,
if the articles are dropped with the permission of the Director-General and in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may have been given.
(3)For the purposes of this regulation dropping includes projecting and lowering.
(4)Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the lowering of any person, animal or article from a helicopter to the surface, if the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of the helicopter under the law of the state in which it is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose.

39. Carriage of weapons and munitions of war

(1)An aircraft shall not carry any munitions of war.
(2)It shall be unlawful for any person to take or cause to be taken on board an aircraft, or to deliver or cause to be delivered for carriage, any goods which he knows or has reason to believe or suspect to be munitions of war.
(3)For the purpose of this regulation "munitions of war" means such weapons and ammunition as are designed for use in warfare including parts for such weapons and ammunition.
(4)Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation, it shall be unlawful for a person to carry or have in his charge any weapon on board an aircraft registered in Tanzania:Provided that a weapon not being a munition of war, may be carried as passengers' baggage if it is stowed in a part of the aircraft inaccessible to passengers and if, in the case of a firearm, it is not loaded.
(5)Nothing in this regulation shall apply to weapons or ammunition taken or carried on board an aircraft registered in a state other than in Tanzania if the weapons or ammunition, as the case may be, may under the law of the state in which the aircraft is registered be lawfully taken or carried on board for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or of persons on board.

40. Carriage of dangerous goods

(1)Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), no person shall carry or cause to be carried or deliver or cause to be delivered for loading on board an aircraft, any goods which he knows or has reason to believe or suspect to be dangerous or of a dangerous nature.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1) dangerous goods or goods of a dangerous nature may be carried or loaded aboard an aircraft if—
(a)such goods are permitted to be carried under the laws of the state in which the aircraft is registered and there is in force between that state's government and the government of Tanzania, an agreement permitting the carriage of those goods within Tanzania;
(b)such goods are carried with the consent of the operator of the aircraft for the purpose of ensuring the proper navigation or safety of the aircraft and the well-being of any person on board;
(c)the goods are carried with the written permission of the Director-General and in accordance with any conditions to which such permission may be subject.
(3)Dangerous goods permitted by or under these regulations to be carried in an aircraft shall not be loaded as cargo unless—
(a)the consignor of the goods has furnished the operator of aircraft with particulars in writing of the nature of the goods and the danger to which they give rise; and
(b)the goods or any container in which they are packed are clearly marked in accordance with I.A.T.A. Regulations relating to dangerous goods;
(c)the operator of the aircraft has before the flight began, informed the commander of the aircraft of the identity of the goods, the danger to which they give rise and the weight or quantity of the goods.
(4)For the purposes of this regulation, "dangerous goods" or "goods of a dangerous nature" means any explosive substance and any other goods which by reason of their nature, quantity or mode of storage are liable to endanger the safety of the aircraft or the persons on board the aircraft.
(5)The provisions of this regulation shall be additional to and not in derogation from the provisions of regulation 39.

41. Accommodation of persons

(1)Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), no person shall be in or any part of an aircraft in flight, which is not a part designed for the accommodation of persons.
(2)The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(a)a person in a glider or aeroplane towed by or attached to an aircraft in flight;
(b)a person having temporary access to—
(i)any part of an aircraft for the purpose of taking action necessary for the safety of the aircraft or of any person or cargo therein;
(ii)any part of an aircraft in which cargo or stores are carried, being a part which is designed to enable a person to have access while the aircraft is in flight.

42. Exits and break in markings

(1)This regulation shall apply to every public transport aircraft registered in Tanzania.
(2)Whenever an aircraft to which this regulation applies is carrying passengers, every exit and every internal door in the aircraft shall, during take-off and landing and during any emergency, be kept free of obstruction and shall not be fastened by locking or otherwise so as to prevent, hinder or delay its use by passengers:Provided that an exit may be obstructed by cargo if it is an exit which, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Director-General either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or a particular aircraft, is not required for use by passengers, and a door between the flight crew compartment and any adjacent compartment to which passengers have access may be locked or bolted if the commander of the aircraft so determines.
(3)Every exit from the aircraft, being an exit intended to be used by passengers in normal circumstances, shall be marked with the word "Exit" and "Kutoka " in capital letters and every exit, being an exit intended to be used by passengers in an emergency only, shall be marked with the words "Emergency Exit" and "Mlango wa dharura" in capital letters.
(4)
(a)Every exit from the aircraft shall be marked with instructions with diagrams, to indicate the correct method of opening the exit.
(b)The markings shall be placed on or near the inside surface of the door or other closure of the exit and, if it can be opened from the outside of the aircraft, on or near the exterior surface.
(5)
(a)Every aircraft to which this regulation applies, being an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 3600 kg, shall be marked upon the exterior surface of its fuselage with markings to show the areas (in this paragraph referred to as "break-in areas") which can, for purposes of rescue in an emergency, be most readily and effectively broken into by persons outside the aircraft.
(b)The break-in areas shall be rectangular in shape and shall be marked by right-angled corner markings, each arm of which shall be 10 cm in length along its outer edge and 2.5 cm in width.
(c)The words "Cut Here in Emergency" shall be marked across the centre of each break-in area in capital letters.
(6)The markings required by this regulation shall—
(a)be painted, or affixed by other equally permanent means;
(b)be red in colour and, in any case in which the colour of the adjacent background is such as to render red markings not readily visible, be outlined in white or some other contrasting colour in such a manner as to render them readily visible;
(c)be kept at all times clean and unobscured.

43. Imperilling safety of aircraft

No person shall wilfully or negligently imperil the safety of an aircraft or any person on board, whether by interference with any member of the flight crew of the aircraft or by tampering with the aircraft or its equipment, or by disorderly conduct or by any other means.

44. Imperilling safety of any person or property

No person shall wilfully or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property.

45. Drunkenness in aircraft

(1)No person shall enter any aircraft when drunk, or be drunk in an aircraft.
(2)No person shall, when acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft or being carried in any aircraft for the purpose of so acting, be under the influence of drink or drug to such an extent as to impair his capacity to act in that capacity.

46. Smoking in aircraft

(1)Notices indicating when smoking is prohibited shall be exhibited in every aircraft registered in Tanzania so as to be visible from passenger seat.
(2)No person shall smoke in any compartment of an aircraft registered in Tanzania at a time when smoking is prohibited in that compartment by a notice to that effect exhibited by or on behalf of the commander of the aircraft.

47. Authority of commander of aircraft

Every person in an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall obey all lawful commands which the commander of that aircraft may give for the purpose of securing the safety of the aircraft and of persons or property carried, or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.

48. Stowaways

A person shall not secrete himself for the purpose of being carried in an aircraft without the consent of either the operator or the commander or of any other person entitled to give consent to his being carried in the aircraft.

Part VII – Fatigue of crew (regs 49-52)

49. Application and interpretation of Part VII

(1)Regulations 50 and 51 of these regulations apply in relation to any aircraft registered in Tanzania which is either—
(a)engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport; or
(b)operated by an air transport undertaking:
Provided that the said regulations shall not apply in relation to a flight made only for the purpose of instruction in flying given by or on behalf of a flying club or flying school, or a person who is not an air transport undertaking.
(2)In this Part of these Regulations, the following expressions shall, except where the context otherwise requires, have the meanings respectively assigned to them—
(a)"flight time", in relation to any person, means all time spent by that person in an aircraft (other than an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 1,600 kg. and which is not flying for the purpose of public transport or for the purpose of public transport or aerial work) while it is in flight and he is carried as a member of the crew;
(b)"day" means a continuous period of 24 hours beginning at mid-night.

50. No operator shall permit an aircraft to make a flight

(1)No operator of an aircraft to which this regulation applies shall cause or permit that aircraft to make a flight unless:
(a)he has established a scheme for the regulation of flight times for every person flying in that aircraft as a member of its crew;
(b)the scheme is approved by the Director-General subject to such conditions as he thinks fit; and
(c)either—
(i)the scheme is incorporated in the operations manual required by regulation 24; or
(ii)in a case where an operations manual is not required by that regulation, the scheme is incorporated in a document, a copy of which has been made available to every person flying in that aircraft as a member of its crew; and
(d)he has taken all such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure that the provisions of the scheme will be complied with in relation to every person flying in that aircraft as a member of its crew.
(2)No operator of an aircraft to which this regulation applies shall cause or permit any person to fly as a member of its crew if he knows or has reason to believe that that person is suffering from, or, having regard to the circumstances of the flight to be undertaken, is likely to suffer from such fatigue while he is flying as may endanger the safety of the aircraft or of its occupants.
(3)No operator of an aircraft to which this regulation applies shall cause or permit any person to fly as a member of its flight crew unless the operator has in his possession an accurate and up-to-date record in respect of the 28 days immediately preceding the flight showing—
(a)all his flight time; and
(b)brief particulars of the nature of the functions performed by him in the course of his flight times.
(4)The record referred to in paragraph (3) of this regulation shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 55, be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until a date 12 months after the flight referred to in that paragraph.

51. Fatigue of crew: operator's responsibilities

(1)No person shall act as a member of the crew of an aircraft to which this regulation applies if he knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from, or, having regard to the circumstances of the flight to be undertaken, is likely to suffer from such fatigue as may endanger the safety of the aircraft or of its occupants.
(2)No person shall act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft to which this regulation applies unless he has ensured that the operator of the aircraft is aware of his flight times during the period of 28 days preceding the flight.

52. Flight times: responsibilities of flight crew

No person shall act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in Tanzania if at the beginning of the flight the aggregate of all his previous flight times exceeds the amount prescribed by the Director-General:Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a flight made—
(a)in an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 1,600 kg. and which is not flying for the purpose of public transport or aerial work; or
(b)in an aircraft not flying for the purpose of public transport nor operated by an air transport undertaking, if at the time when the flight begins the aggregate of all the flight times of the person since he was last medically examined and found fit by a person approved by the Director-General for the purpose of regulation 19(1), does not exceed 25 hours.

Part VIII – Documents (regs 53-57)

53. Documents to be carried

(1)No aircraft shall fly unless it carries documents which it is required to carry under the law of the State in which it is registered.
(2)Every aircraft registered in Tanzania shall, when in flight, carry documents in accordance with the Eleventh Schedule to these regulations:Provided that, if the flight is intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome and does not include passage over the territory of any state other than Tanzania, the documents may be kept at that aerodrome instead of being carried in the aircraft.

54. Production of documents

(1)Every commander of an aircraft shall, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person—
(a)the certificates of registration and airworthiness in force in respect of the aircraft;
(b)the licences of its flight crew;
(c)such other documents as the aircraft is required by regulation 53 to carry when in flight.
(2)Every operator of an aircraft registered in Tanzania shall, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person such of the following documents or records as may have been requested by that person being documents or records which are required, by or under these regulations, to be in force or to be carried, preserved or made available—
(a)the documents referred to in the Eleventh Schedule to these regulations as Documents A, B and G;
(b)the aircraft log-book, engine log-book and variable pitch propeller log-books required under these regulations to be kept;
(c)the weight schedule, if any, required to be preserved under regulation 15;
(d)in the case of a public transport aircraft or aerial work aircraft, the documents referred to in the Eleventh Schedule to these regulations as Documents D, E, F and H;
(e)any records of flight times, duty periods and rest periods which he is required by paragraph (3) of regulation 50 to preserve; and such other documents and information in the possession or control of the operator, as the authorised person may require for the purpose of determining whether those records are complete and accurate;
(f)any operations manuals or other data required to be made available under these regulations.
(3)The holder of a licence granted or rendered valid under these regulations shall within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person his licence including any certificate of validation.
(4)Every person required by regulation 21 to keep a personal flying log-book shall cause it to be produced within a reasonable time to an authorised person, after being requested to do so by him within two years after the date of the last entry.

55. Preservation of documents

Any person required by these regulations to preserve any document or record by reason of his being the operator of an aircraft shall, if he ceases to be the operator of the aircraft, continue to preserve the document or record as if he had not ceased to be the operator, and in the event of his death the duty to preserve the document or record shall fall upon his legal personal representative:Provided that if—
(a)another person becomes the operator of the aircraft and it remains registered in Tanzania he or his legal personal representative shall deliver to that other person upon demand the certificates of maintenance and compliance, the log-books and the weight schedule and any record made by a flight recorder and preserved in accordance with these regulations which are in force or required to be preserved in respect of that aircraft;
(b)an engine or variable pitch propeller is removed from the aircraft and installed in another aircraft operated by another and registered in Tanzania, he or his legal personal representative shall deliver to that other person upon demand the log-book relating to that engine or propeller;
(c)any person in respect of whom a record has been kept in accordance with regulation 50 becomes a member of the flight crew of a public transport aircraft registered in Tanzania and operated by another person, he or his personal representative shall deliver those records to that other person upon demand, and it shall be the duty of that other person to deal with the document delivered to him as if he were the first-mentioned operator.

56. Revocation, suspension and variation of certificates, licences and other documents

(1)The Director-General may, where he considers it to be in the public interest, suspend provisionally, pending further investigation, any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or document issued or granted under these regulations:Provided that, whether or not such further investigation has been completed, a provisional suspension under this paragraph shall, if not otherwise terminated, cease to have effect after 28 days.
(2)The Director-General may, upon the completion of an investigation which has shown sufficient ground to his satisfaction and where he considers it to be in the public interest, revoke, suspend or vary any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document issued or granted under these regulations.
(3)The holder or any person having the possession or custody of any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document which has been revoked, suspended or varied under these regulations shall surrender it to the Director-General within a reasonable time after being required to do so by him.
(4)The breach of any condition subject to which any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document, other than a licence issued in respect of an aerodrome has been granted or issued under these regulations shall render the document invalid during the continuation of the breach.

57. Offences in relation to documents

(1)No person shall with intent to deceive—
(a)use any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other documents issued or required by or under these regulations which has been forged, altered, revoked or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or
(b)lend any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other documents issued or required by or under these regulations to, or allow it to be used by, any other person; or
(c)make any false representation for the purpose of procuring for himself or any other person the grant, issue, renewal or variation of any such certificate, licence, approval, permission or exemption or other document.
(2)During the period for which it is required under these regulations to be preserved, no person shall wilfully mutilate, alter, render illegible or destroy any log-book or other record, or any entry made therein, required by or under these regulations to be maintained, or knowingly make, or procure or assist in the making of, any false entry in any such log-book or record, or wilfully omit to make a material entry in any such log-book or record.
(3)All entries in log-books and records required to be maintained by or under these regulations shall be made in ink or indelible pencil.
(4)No person shall wilfully or negligently make in a load sheet any entry which is incorrect in any material particular, or wilfully or negligently omit to make a material entry in such a load sheet.
(5)No person shall purport to issue any certificate for the purposes of the regulations made thereunder unless he is authorised to do so under these regulations.
(6)No person shall issue any certificate of the kind referred to in paragraph (5) unless he has satisfied himself that the statements in the certificate are correct.

Part IX – Control of aircraft (regs 58-63)

58. Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control

(1)Every person and every aircraft shall comply with such Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control contained in the Twelfth Schedule to these regulations as may be applicable to that person or aircraft in the circumstances of the case.
(2)Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), it shall be an offence to contravene, to permit the contravention of, or to fail to comply with the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control.
(3)It shall be lawful for the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control to be departed from to the extent necessary—
(a)to avoid immediate danger; or
(b)to comply with the law of any State other than Tanzania within which the aircraft then is.
(4)If any departure from the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control is made for the purpose of avoiding immediate danger, the commander of the aircraft shall cause written particulars of the departure, and of the circumstances giving rise to it, to be given within ten days to the competent authority of the state in whose territory the departure was made or if, in the case of Tanzanian aircraft, the departure was made over the high seas, to the Director-General.
(5)Nothing in the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control shall exonerate any person from the consequences of any negligence in the use of lights or signals or in the taking of any precautions required by ordinary aviation practice or by the special circumstances of the case.
(6)The Director-General may for the purpose of promoting the safety of aircraft make regulations as to special signals and other communications to be made by or on an aircraft, as to the course on which and the height at which an aircraft shall fly and as to any other precautions to be observed in relation to the navigation and control of aircraft which the Director-General may consider expedient for the purpose, and no aircraft shall fly in contravention of any such regulations.

59. Licensing of air traffic controllers

(1)The Director-General may grant a licence subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to any person to act as an air traffic controller, upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to hold the licence and is qualified by reason of his knowledge, experience, competence, skill, physical and mental fitness so to act, and for that purpose the applicant shall furnish such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests (including in particular medical examinations) as the Director-General may require of him:Provided that the Director-General shall not grant a licence to act as an air traffic controller to a person under the age of 21.
(2)Every licence to act as an air traffic controller shall include—
(a)ratings of one or more of the classes set forth in the Ninth Schedule to these Regulations specifying the type of air traffic control service which the holder of the licence is competent to provide; and
(b)a list of the places at which he may provide the service.
(3)If through any period of six months the holder of the licence has not at any time provided at a particular place the type of air traffic control service specified in the rating, the rating shall without prejudice to the Director-General's powers under regulation 56 cease to be valid for that place at the end of that period and upon a rating ceasing to be valid for a place the holder of the licence shall inform the Director-General to that effect and shall forward the licence to the Director-General to enable it to be endorsed accordingly.
(4)A licence to act as an air trade controller shall not be valid unless the holder of the licence has signed his name in ink with his ordinary signature.
(5)Subject to the provisions of regulation 56, a licence to act as an air traffic controller shall remain in force for the period of 12 months and may be renewed by the Director-General upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit person and is qualified.
(6)Every applicant for and holder of an air traffic controller's licence shall upon such occasions as the Director-General may require submit himself to medical examination by a person approved by the Director-General in such form as the Director-General may require.
(7)On the basis of the medical examination referred to in paragraph (6) of this regulation, the Director-General or any person approved by him as competent to do so may issue a medical certificate subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to the effect that the holder of the licence has been assessed as fit to perform the functions to which the licence relates; and the certificate shall, without prejudice to regulation 61, be valid for such period as is therein specified, and shall be deemed to form part of the licence.
(8)The holder of an air traffic controller's licence shall not provide any type of air traffic control service at any such aerodrome or place as is referred to in regulation 60(1) unless his licence includes a medical certificate issued and in force under paragraph (7) of this regulation.

60. Prohibition of unlicensed air traffic controllers

(1)No person shall provide any type of air traffic control service at any aerodrome at which air traffic control service is required to be provided by or under the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control or at any Government aerodrome or at any other place (not being an aerodrome) at which air traffic control service is provided (whether or not under the direction of the Director-General or a visiting force) unless he does so under and in accordance with the terms of—
(a)a valid air traffic controller's licence so granted authorising him to provide that type of service at that aerodrome or other places; or
(b)a valid air traffic controller's licence so granted which does not authorise him to provide that type of service at the aerodrome or other place, but he is supervised by a person who is present at the time and who is the holder of a valid air traffic controller's licence so granted which authorises him to provide at that aerodrome or other place the type of air traffic control service which is being provided; or
(c)his appointment by the Director-General as an assistant air traffic control officer and he is supervised by a person who is present at the time and who is the holder of a valid air traffic controller's licence so granted which authorises him to provide that type of service at a Government aerodrome or at a place at which air traffic control service is provided under the direction of the Director-General:
Provided that a licence shall not be required by any person who acts in the course of his duty as a member of any of Tanzania naval, military or air force or visiting force.
(2)The holder of a licence shall not be entitled to perform any of the functions specified in the Ninth Schedule to these regulations in respect of rating at any of the places referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation unless—
(a)his licence includes the rating and the rating is valid for the place at which, and the type of radar equipment, if any, with the aid of which functions are performed; or
(b)he is supervised by a person who is present at the time and who is the holder of a valid air traffic controller's licence granted under these regulations which authorises him to provide at that aerodrome or other place the type of air traffic control service which is being provided.
(3)Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the holder of a valid air traffic controller's licence from providing at any place for which the licence includes a valid rating, information to aircraft in flight in the interest of safety.

61. Incapacity of air traffic controllers

(1)Every holder of an air traffic controller's licence granted under regulation 59 who—
(a)suffers any personal injury or illness involving incapacity to undertake the functions to which his licence relates throughout a period of 20 consecutive days; or
(b)in the case of a woman, has reason to believe she is pregnant,
shall inform the Director-General in writing of such injury, illness or pregnancy as soon as possible.
(2)An air traffic controller's licence shall be deemed to be suspended upon the elapse of such period of injury or illness as is referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation. The suspension of the licence shall cease—
(a)upon the holder being examined under arrangements made by the Director-General and pronounced fit to resume his functions under the licence; or
(b)upon the Director-General exempting the holder from the requirement of a medical examination subject to such conditions as the Director-General may think fit.
(3)Upon the pregnancy of the holder of an air traffic controller's licence being confirmed, the licence shall be deemed to be suspended and shall remain suspended until she has been medically examined under arrangements made by the Director-General after the pregnancy has ended and pronounced fit to resume her functions under the licence.

62. Power to prohibit or restrict flying

Where the Director-General deems it necessary in the public interest to restrict or prohibit flying over any area of Tanzania or along any route by reason of—
(a)an intended gathering or movement of a large number of persons;
(b)an intended holding of an aircraft race or contest, of any exhibition of flying; or
(c)any reason affecting the public interest,
the Director-General may make regulations prohibiting, restricting or imposing conditions on flight, either generally or in relation to any class of aircraft, over any such area or along any such route, and an aircraft shall not fly in contravention of such regulations.

63. Balloons, flying kites and airships

(1)Within Tanzania—
(a)no captive balloon or kite shall be flown at a height of more than 200 feet above the ground level or within 60 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure;
(b)no captive balloon shall be flown within 3 nautical miles of an aerodrome;
(c)no balloon exceeding 2 metres in any linear dimension at any stage of its flight, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon, shall be flown in controlled airspace;
(d)no kite shall be flown within three nautical miles of an aerodrome;
(e)no airship shall be moored;
(f)no free balloon shall be flown at night without the permission in writing of the Director-General, and in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may be granted.
(2)A captive balloon when in flight shall be securely moored and shall not be left unattended unless it is fitted with a device which ensures its automatic deflation if it breaks free of its moorings.

Part X – Aerodomes, auronautical ground lights and dangerous lights (regs 64-71)

64. Aerodromes, public-transport of passengers and instruction in flying

(1)An aircraft engaged on a flight for the purpose of the public transport of passengers or for the purpose of instruction in flying shall not take off or land at any place in Tanzania other than—
(a)a Government aerodrome notified as available for the take-off and landing of aircraft so engaged, or in respect of which the person in charge of the aerodrome has given his permission for the particular aircraft to take off or land, as the case may be; or
(b)an aerodrome licensed under these regulations for the take-off and landing of aircraft so engaged,and in accordance with any condition subject to which the aerodrome may have been so licensed or notified, or subject to which such permission may have been given:
Provided that the prohibition shall not apply in relation to—
(i)any aeroplane or helicopter of which the maximum total authorised weight does not exceed 2,730 kg, on a flight for the purposes of public transport other than scheduled journeys;
(ii)any glider;
(iii)a landing due to accident, stress of weather or other unavoidable cause or to the next subsequent take-off following such a landing.
(2)An aircraft engaged on a flight for the public transport of passengers shall not take off or land by night at any place in Tanzania unless adequate lighting is in operation on the aerodrome.

65. Use of Government aerodromes

The Director-General may cause to be notified, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, any Government aerodrome as an aerodrome available for take-off and landing by aircraft.

66. Licensing of aerodromes

(1)The Director-General may license any aerodrome in Tanzania for the take-off and landing of aircraft engaged in flight for the purpose of the public transport of passengers, or for the purpose of instruction in flying or of any classes of such aircraft, and may issue any such licence subject to such conditions as he shall consider in the public interest, including a condition that the aerodrome shall at all times when it is available for the take-off or landing of aircraft, be so available to all persons on equal terms and conditions, and any licence issued subject to such a condition shall be known as a licence for public use.
(2)The licensee of an aerodrome in respect of which a licence for public use is in force shall display in a prominent place at the aerodrome a copy of the licence and shall furnish to any person on request information concerning the terms of the licence.
(3)The licensee of an aerodrome licensed under these regulations shall not cause or permit any condition of the licence to be contravened, in relation to an aircraft engaged on a flight for the public transport or cease to be valid by reason only of such a contravention.
(4)A licence granted by the Director-General in respect of an aerodrome shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 56, remain in force as may be specified in the licence.

67. Charges at aerodromes licensed for public use

(1)The Director-General in relation to any aerodrome in respect of which a licence for public use has been granted, or to such aerodrome generally or to any class, prescribe the charges, or the maximum charges, which may be made for the use of the aerodrome and for any services performed at the aerodrome to or in connection with aircraft, and may further prescribe the conditions to be observed in relation to those charges and the performance of those services.
(2)The licensee of an aerodrome in relation to which the Director-General has made any regulations under paragraph (1) shall not cause or permit any charges to be made in contravention of that regulation, and shall cause particulars of the prescribed charges to be kept, exhibited at the aerodrome in such a place and manner as to be readily available for the information of any person affected.
(3)The licence of any aerodrome in respect of which a licence for public use has been granted shall, when required by the Director-General furnish to the Director-General such particulars as he may require of the charges established by the licensee for the use of the aerodrome or of any facilities provided at the aerodrome for the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.

68. Use of aerodromes by aircraft other than Tanzanian aircraft

The person in charge of an aerodrome in Tanzania which is open to public use by Tanzania aircraft (whether or not the aerodrome is a licensed aerodrome) shall cause the aerodrome, and all air navigation facilities provided thereat, to be available for use by aircraft registered in other States on the same terms and conditions as for use by aircraft registered in Tanzania.

69. Noise and vibration caused by aircraft on aerodromes

(1)Noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft including military aircraft, on Government aerodromes, licensed aerodromes or on aerodromes at which the manufacture, repair or maintenance of aircraft is carried out by persons carrying on business as manufacturers or repairers of aircraft, under the following conditions:
(a)the aircraft is taking off or landing; or
(b)the aircraft is moving on the ground or water; or
(c)the engines are being operated in the aircraft
(i)for the purpose of ensuring their satisfactory performance;
(ii)for the purpose of bringing them to a proper temperature in preparation for, or at the end of, a flight; or
(iii)for the purpose of ensuring that the instruments, accessories or the components of the aircraft are in a satisfactory condition.
(2)Section 18(2) of the Act shall apply to the aerodrome specified in paragraph (1).

70. Aeronautical ground lights

(1)A person shall not alter the character of an aeronautical ground light within Tanzania except with the permission of the Director-General and in accordance with any conditions subject to which permission may be granted.
(2)No person shall wilfully or negligently injure or interfere with any aeronautical ground light established and maintained by, or with the permission of the Director-General.

71. Dangerous lights

(1)No person shall exhibit in Tanzania any light which—
(a)by reason of its glare is liable to endanger aircraft taking off from or landing at an aerodrome; or
(b)by reason of its liability to be mistaken for an aeronautical light is liable to endanger aircraft.
(2)If any light which appears to the Director-General to be a light as aforesaid is exhibited, the Director-General may cause a notice to be served upon the person who is the occupier of the place where the light is exhibited or having charge of the light, directing that person, within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice, to take such steps as may be specified in the Notice for extinguishing or screening the light and for preventing for the future the exhibition of any other light which may similarly endanger aircraft.
(3)The notice may be served either personally or by post, or by affixing it in some conspicuous place near the light to which it relates.

Part XI – General provisions (regs 72-85)

72. Prohibited areas

(1)The Director-General may by notice issued declare any specifically defined area in Tanzania to be a prohibited area.
(2)Except as may be provided in the notice whereby the prohibited area is established, or in any subsequent notice issued by the Director-General, no aircraft shall fly over, or land in, any prohibited area.

73. Power to prevent aircraft flying

(1)If it appears to the Director-General or any authorised person that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown—
(a)in such circumstances that any provision of Regulations 3, 5, 7, 17, 18, 27, 29 or 40 would be contravened in relation to the flight; or
(b)in such circumstances that flight would be in contravention of any other provisions of these Regulations or any regulations made thereunder and be a cause of danger to any person or property whether or not in the aircraft;
(c)while in a condition unfit for the flight, whether or not the flight would otherwise be in a contravention of any provision of these regulations or of any regulation made thereunder,
the Director-General or that authorised person may direct the operator or the commander of the aircraft that he is not to permit the aircraft to make the particular flight or any other flight of such description as may be specified in the direction until the direction has been revoked, and the Director-General or that authorised person may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft.
(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1) the Director-General or any authorised person may enter upon and inspect any aircraft.

74. Regulation of rocket firing

(1)No person shall fire a rocket except in accordance with and subject to the conditions of any authority issued by the Director-General under these Regulations.
(2)No person shall fire a rocket and the Director-General shall not issue any authority for the firing of a rocket within an aerodrome traffic zone.
(3)Any person wishing to apply to the Director-General for an authority to fire a rocket or rockets shall make an application in writing to be received by the Director-General not less than ten days before the day on which it is desired to commence firing, such application to contain the following information—
(a)the exact position from which the firing is intended to take place;
(b)the elevation, above mean sea level, of the place from which the firing is intended to take place;
(c)the times and dates of the intended commencement and cessation of firing respectively;
(d)the frequency at which it is intended to fire rockets during the period between the times specified in paragraph (c);
(e)the type and specifications of the rockets to be fired and the altitude above ground at which it is estimated detonation will take place; and
(f)the full name, occupation and postal and residential address of the applicant.
(4)Upon receiving any application made under paragraph (3) the Director-General may, in his discretion, subject to paragraph (2) grant or refuse authority to fire a rocket and may attach to any authority granted such conditions as he thinks fit.
(5)The Director-General may, in his discretion and upon such terms as he thinks fit, cancel or suspend any authority issued under paragraph (4) and such cancellation or suspension shall have effect immediately the holder of the authority is notified or at such later time as the Director-General may stipulate.

75. Right of access to aerodromes and other places

(1)The Director-General and any authorised person shall have the right of access at all reasonable times—
(a)to any aerodrome, for the purpose of inspecting the aerodrome; or
(b)to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting any aircraft on the aerodrome or any document which he has power to demand under these regulations, or for the purpose of detaining any aircraft under the provisions of these regulations; and
(c)to any place where an aircraft has landed for the purpose of inspecting the aircraft or any document which he has power to demand under these regulations and for the purpose of detaining the aircraft under these regulations:
Provided that access to a Government aerodrome shall only be obtained with the permission of the person in charge of the aerodrome.

76. Obstruction of persons

A person shall not wilfully obstruct or impede any person acting in the exercise of his power or the performance of his duties under these regulations.

77. Enforcement of directions

Any person who fails to comply with any direction given to him by the Director-General of by any authorised person under any provision of these regulations or any regulations made shall be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to have contravened that provision.

78. Fees

(1)The Director-General may notify the fees to be charged in connection with the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other document (including the issue of a copy), or the undergoing of any examination, test, inspection or investigation or the grant of any permission or approval, required by, or for the purpose of, these regulations.
(2)Upon an application being made in connection with which any fee is chargeable in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1), the applicant shall, before the application is entertained, pay the fee. If, after such payment has been made, the application is withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise ceases to have effect or is refused, the Director-General, shall in his discretion, refund all or part of such payment.

79. Penalties

(1)If any provision of these regulations or of any regulations made thereunder or those notified is contravened in relation to an aircraft, the operator of that aircraft and the commander, if the operator or, as the case may be, the commander is not the person who contravened that provision, shall (without prejudice to the liability of any other person under these regulations for that contravention) be deemed for the purposes of the following provisions of this regulation to have contravened that provision unless he proves that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention.
(2)If it is proved that an act or omission of any person which would otherwise have been a contravention by that person of a provision of these regulations or of any regulations made thereunder or those notified was due to any cause not avoidable by the exercise of reasonable care by that person, the act or omission shall be deemed not to be a contravention by that person of that provision.
(3)Where a person is charged with contravening a provision of these Regulations or of any regulations made thereunder or those notified by reason of his having been a member of the flight crew of an aircraft on a flight for the purpose of public transport, the flight shall be treated (without prejudice to the liability of any other person under these regulations) as not having been for that purpose if he proves that he neither knew nor had reason to know that the flight was for that purpose.
(4)If any person contravenes any provision of these regulations, or of any regulations made thereunder or those notified not being a provision referred to in paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of this regulation, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for the like offence to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings.
(5)If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part A of the Thirteenth Schedule to these Regulations, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(6)If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part B of the said Schedule, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

80. Extra-territorial effect of the Regulations

Except where the context otherwise requires, the provisions of these regulations—
(a)in so far as they apply (whether by express reference or otherwise) to Tanzanian aircraft, shall apply to such aircraft wherever they may be;
(b)in so far as they apply to other aircraft, shall apply to such aircraft when they are within Tanzania;
(c)in so far as they prohibit, require or regulate (whether by express reference or otherwise) the doing of anything by persons in or by any of the crew of, any Tanzanian aircraft, shall apply to such persons and crew, wherever they may be; and
(d)in so far as they prohibit, require or regulate the doing of anything in relation to any Tanzanian aircraft by other persons shall, where such persons are citizens of Tanzania, apply to them wherever they may be.

81. Regulations by the Director-General

The Director-General may make regulations for prescribing anything which under the provisions of these regulations is to be prescribed and generally for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes of the Act and these regulations.

82. Application of Regulations to the Government of Tanzania and visiting forces, etc.

(1)Subject to this regulation, the provisions of these regulations shall apply to or in relation to aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of the Government of Tanzania, not being military aircraft, which are registered in Tanzania or are capable of being so registered, and for the purposes of such application the Department or other authority for the time being responsible for the management of the aircraft shall be deemed to be the operator of the aircraft, and in the case of an aircraft belonging to the Government to be the owner of the interest of the Government in the aircraft:Provided that nothing in this regulation shall render liable to any penalty any Department or other authority responsible on behalf of the Government for the management of any aircraft.
(2)Save as otherwise expressly provided, the naval military and air force authorities and members of any visiting force and property held or used for the purpose of such a force shall be exempt from the provisions of these regulations and of any regulations made thereunder to the same extent as if the visiting force formed part of the military forces of Tanzania.
(3)Save as otherwise provided by paragraph (4) of this regulation, regulation 58(1) and regulation 69, nothing in these regulations shall apply to or in relation to any military aircraft.
(4)Where a military aircraft is flown by a civilian pilot and is not commanded by a person who is acting in the course of his duty as a member of any of the naval, military or air force of Tanzania or as member of a visiting force, the following provisions of these regulations shall apply on the occasion of that flight, that is to say, regulations 34, 44, 45, 62, 69 and 72 and in addition, regulation 58 shall apply.

83. Exemption from the regulations

(1)The Director-General may, in writing, exempt from any of the provisions of these Regulations or any regulations made thereunder, any aircraft or person or classes of aircraft or persons, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
(2)Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1) of this regulation, the power to exempt any aircraft or persons or classes of aircraft or persons from the provisions of regulation 39 shall be expressly reserved to the Minister.

84. Regulations not to confer right to land

Subject to the provisions of regulation 66 and 68 nothing in these regulations or regulations made thereunder shall confer any right to land in any place as against the owner of the land or other persons interested therein.

85. Small aircraft

The provisions of these, regulations, other than regulations 44 and 63, shall not apply to—
(a)any balloon which at any stage of its flight is not more than 2 metres in any linear dimension, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon;
(b)any kite weighing not more than 2 kg;
(c)any other aircraft weighing not more than 5 kg. without its fuel.

First Schedule (Regulations 2(5), 4(6) and 22(3))

Classification and registration of aircraft

Part A – Table of general classification of aircraft

Col. 1Col. 2Col. 3Col. 4
 Lighter-than-air aircraftNon-mechanically drivenFree BalloonCaptive Balloon
  Mechanically drivenAirship
Aircraft  Glider kite
   Aeroplane (Land plane)
  Non-mechanically drivenAeroplane (Sea plane)
   Aeroplane (Amphibian)
 Heavier-than-air aircraftMechanically driven flying machinesAeroplane (Self-launching Motor-Glider)
   Helicopter
   Rotorcraft (Amphibian)
   Gyroplane (Ornithopter)

Part B – Nationality and registration marks of aircraft registered in Tanzania (Regulation 5(2))

1.The Nationality mark of the aircraft shall be a group of two numbers of letters and the registration mark of the aircraft shall be a group of three letters. The letters shall be capital letters in Roman characters without ornamentation. The numbers shall be Arabic numbers without ornamentation. A hyphen shall be placed between the nationality mark and registration mark. In respect of Tanzania, the nationality marks will be 5H. Registration marks will be assigned by the Director-General on registration of the aircraft.
2.The Nationality and registration marks shall be painted on the aircraft or shall be affixed by any other means ensuring a similar degree of permanence and shall be located in the following manner—
IPosition of Marks:
(a)Flying machines and gliders
(i)WingsExcept on aircraft having no fixed wing surface, the marks shall appear once on the lower surface of the wing structure unless they extend across the whole of the lower surface of the structure. So far as is possible the marks shall be located equidistant from the leading and trailing edges of the wings. The tops of the letters and numbers shall be toward the leading edge of the wing.
(ii)Fuselage (or equivalent structure) or vertical surface:The marks shall appear either on each side of the fuselage (or equivalent structure) between wings and the tail surface, or on the upper halves of the vertical tail surfaces. When located on a single vertical tail surface they shall appear on both sides. When located on multivertical tail surfaces they shall appear on the outboard side of the outer surface.
(iii)Special casesif a heavier-than-air aircraft does not possess parts corresponding to those mentioned in (i) and (ii), the marks shall appear in a manner such that the aircraft can be identified readily.
(b)Airships and balloons
(i)AirshipsThe marks on an airship shall appear either on the hull or on the stabiliser surfaces. Where the marks appear on hull, they shall be located lengthwise on each side of the hull and also on its upper surface on the line of symmetry. Where the marks appear on the stabiliser surface, they shall appear on the horizontal and on the vertical stabilisers; the marks on the horizontal stabiliser shall be located on the right half of the upper surface and on the left half of the lower surface, with the tops of the letters and numbers toward the leading edge, the marks on the vertical stabiliser, shall be located on each side of the bottom half of stabiliser, with the letters and numbers placed horizontally.
(ii)Spherical balloonsThe marks on a spherical balloon shall appear in two places diametrically opposite. They shall be located near the maximum horizontal circumference of the balloon.
(iii)Non-spherical balloonsThe marks on a non-spherical balloon shall appear on each side. They shall be located near the maximum crosssection of the balloon immediately above either the rigging band or the points of attachment of the basket suspension cables.
(iv)All lighter-than-air aircraftThe side marks on all lighter-than-air aircraft shall be visible both from the sides and from the ground.
IISize of marks
(a)Flying machines and gliders
(i)WingsThe height of the marks on the wings of heavier-than-air aircraft shall be at least 50 cm.
(ii)Fuselage (or equivalent structure) vertical tail surfacesThe height of the marks on the fuselage (or equivalent structure) and on the vertical tail surfaces, shall be at least 30 cm Provided that where because of the structure of the aircraft a height of 30 cm: is not reasonably practicable, the height shall be the greatest height reasonably practical in the circumstances, but not less than 15 cm.
(iii)Special casesWhere the aircraft does not possess parts corresponding to those mentioned in (i) and (ii) the measurement of the marks shall be such that the aircraft can be identified readily.
(b)Airship and balloonsThe height of the marks on lighter-than-air aircraft shall be at least 50 cm.
IIIWidth and spacing of marks:
(i)The letters shall be capital letters in Roman characters without ornamentation. Numbers shall be Arabic numbers without ornamentation.
(ii)The width of each character (except the letter I and the number 1 and the length of hyphens) shall be two-thirds of the height of a character.
(iii)The characters and hyphens shall be formed by solid lines and shall be of a colour contrasting clearly with the background. The thickness of the lines shall be one-sixth of the height of the height of a character.
(iv)Each character shall be separated from that which it immediately precedes or follows by a space of not less than one-quarter of a character width. A hyphen shall be regarded as a character for the purpose.
3.The nationality and registration marks shall be displayed to the best advantage, taking into consideration the constructional features of the aircraft, and shall always be kept clean and visible.
4.In addition to the foregoing requirements of this Schedule, the nationality and registration marks shall also be inscribed on an identification plate made of fireproof metal and secured to the aircraft in prominent position near the main entrance.

Second Schedule (Regulations 3(1), 7(1), 36(5) and 57(5))

'A' and 'B' conditions

The Conditions 'A' and the Conditions 'B' referred to in paragraph (1) of regulation 3, paragraph (1) of regulation 7, paragraph (5) of regulation 36, and paragraph (5) of regulation 57 are as follows—

"A" Conditions

1.The aircraft shall be either an aircraft in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness or validation has previously been in force under the provisions of these Regulations, or an aircraft in respect of which such a certificate is or has been in force.
2.The aircraft shall fly only for the purpose of enabling it to—
(a)qualify for the issue or renewal of certificate of airworthiness or of the validation or the approval of a modification of the aircraft, after an application has been made for such issue, renewal, validation or approval, as the case may be; or
(b)proceed to or from a place at which any inspection, test or weighing of the aircraft is to take place for a purpose referred to in subparagraph (a).
3.The aircraft and its engines shall be certified as fit for flight by the holder of a licence as an aircraft maintenance engineer entitled in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations so to certify, or by a person approved by the Director-General for the purpose of issuing certificates under this condition.
4.The aircraft shall carry the minimum flight crew specified in any certificate of airworthiness or validation which has previously been in force under these Regulations in respect of the aircraft or is or has previously been in force in respect of any other aircraft of identical design.
5.The aircraft shall not carry any passengers or cargo except passengers performing duties in the aircraft in connection with the flight.
6.The aircraft shall not fly over any heavily populated area of a city town or settlement except to the extent that it is necessary to do so in order to take off or land at a Government aerodrome or a licensed aerodrome in accordance with normal aviation practice.
7.Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 17, the aircraft shall carry such flight crew as may be necessary to ensure the safety of the aircraft.

"B" Conditions

1.The flight shall be made under the supervision of a person approved by the Director-General for the purposes of these conditions, and subject to any additional conditions which may be specified in such approval.
2.If it is not registered in Tanzania or under the law of any State referred to in regulation 3, the aircraft shall be marked in a manner approved by the Director-General for the purpose of these conditions, and the provisions of regulations 13, 14, 18, 31, 34, 53 and 54 shall be complied with in relation to the aircraft as if it was registered in Tanzania so far as such provisions are applicable to the aircraft in the circumstances.
3.The aircraft shall fly only for the purpose of—
(a)experimenting with or testing the aircraft including in particular its engines and its equipment; or
(b)enabling the aircraft to qualify for the issue or validation of a certificate of airworthiness or the approval of a modification of the aircraft; or
(c)proceeding to or from a place at which any experiment, tests, inspection or weighing or the aircraft is to take place for a purpose referred to in subparagraph (a) or (b).
4.The aircraft shall carry such flight crew as may be necessary to ensure the safety of the aircraft.
5.The aircraft shall not carry any passengers or cargo except passengers performing duties in the aircraft in connection with the flight.
6.The aircraft shall not fly except in accordance with the procedures which have been agreed by the Director-General in relation to that flight over any congested area of a city, or settlement.

Third Schedule (Regulation 8)

Categories of aircraft

1.Categories of AircraftTransport Category (Passenger).Transport Category (Cargo).Aerial Work Category.Private Category.Special Category.
2.The purpose for which the aircraft may fly are as follows—
Transport Category (Passenger)Any purpose.
Transport Category (Cargo)Any purpose other than the public transport of a passengers.
Aerial Work CategoryAerial work only.
Private CategoryAny purpose other than public transport or aerial work.
Special CategoryAny other purpose specified in the certificate of airworthiness but not including the carriage of passengers unless expressly permitted.

Fourth Schedule (Regulation 11(2))

Maintenance engineers: privileges of licences

An aircraft maintenance engineer may, subject to the conditions of his licence, issue certificate as follows—

Aircraft maintenance engineer - Category A (Aircraft)

In relation to aircraft (not including engineers)—
(a)certificates of maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedules approved under these regulations;
(b)certificates of compliance in respect of inspection, repairs, replacements and modifications so approved;
(c)certificates of fitness of aircraft for flight under the "A Conditions".

Aircraft maintenance engineers - Category B (Aircraft)

In relation to aircraft (not including engines)—Certificates of compliance in respect of inspections, overhauls, repairs, replacements and modifications approved under these regulations.

Aircraft maintenance engineers - Category C (Engines)

In relation to engines—
(a)certificate of maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedules approved under these regulations;
(b)certificates of compliance in respect of inspections, repairs, replacements, and modifications so approved;
(c)certificates of fitness of aircraft engines for flight under "A Conditions".

Aircraft maintenance engineers - Category D (Engines)

In relation to engines—Certificates of compliance in respect of inspections, overhauls, repairs, replacements and modifications approved under these regulations—Aircraft maintenance engineers—Category X - (Compasses).Category X - (Instruments).Category X - (Automatic Pilots).In relation respectively to compasses, instruments, electrical equipment or automatic pilots—
(a)certificates of maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedules approved under these regulations;
(b)certificates of compliance in respect of inspections, repairs, replacements and modifications so approved.

Aircraft radio maintenance engineers

In relation to aircraft radio stations—
(a)certificates of maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedules approved under these regulations;
(b)certificates of compliance in respect of inspections, overhaul, repairs, replacements and modifications so approved.

Fifth Schedule (Regulations 10(2) and 12(2))

Aircraft equipment

1.Every aircraft registered in Tanzania shall be provided, when flying in the circumstances specified in the first column of the Table set forth in paragraph (4) of this Schedule, with adequate equipment, and for the purpose of this paragraph the expression "Adequate Equipment" shall mean the scales of equipment respectively indicated in that Table:Provided that, if the aircraft is flying in a combination of such circumstances the scales of equipment shall not on that account be required to be duplicated.
2.The equipment carried in an aircraft as being necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft shall be taken into account in determining whether this Schedule is complied with in respect of that aircraft.
3.The following items of equipment shall not be required to be of a type approved by the Director-General—
(a)The equipment referred to in Scale A;
(b)First Aid equipment and Handbook, referred to in Scale B;
(c)time-pieces, referred to in Scale F;
(d)torches, referred to in Scales G, H and J;
(e)whistles, referred to in Scale H;
(f)sea anchors, referred to in Scales 1 and 2;
(g)rockets signal, referred to in Scale 1;
(h)equipment for mooring, anchoring or manoeuvring aircraft on the water referred to in Scale 1;
(i)paddles referred to in Scale J;
(j)food and water, referred to in Scale J;
(k)First Aid equipment referred to in Scales J, S and T.
Table
Prescription of aircraftCircumstances of flightScale of equipment required
1. Gliders1. Flying for purposes other than public transport or aerial workA(ii)
2. Flying for the purpose of public transport or aerial work, and—A, B, D, F(i)
(i) when flying by nightC and G
(ii) when carrying out acrobatic manoeuvreM
2. Flying Machines1. Flying for purposes other than public transport, and—A
(i) when flying by nightA, C and D
(ii) when flying under Instrument Flight Rules- 
(aa) outside controlled airspaceD
(bb) within controlled airspaceE with E(iv) duplicated and F
(iii) when carrying out acrobatic manoeuvreM
2. Flying for the purpose of public transport:A, B, D and F(i)
(i) when flying under Instrument Flight Rules except flights outside controlled airspace by flying machines having a maximum total weight authorised not exceeding 1,150 kgE with E(iv) duplicated and F
(ii) when flying by night and in the case of flying machines of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 1,150 kgE with E(iv) duplicated and F
(iii) when flying over water beyond gliding distance from landH
(iv) when flying over water— 
(a) in the case of an aeroplane— 
(i) classified in its certificate of airworthiness as being performance group A, C or X; or 
(ii) having no performance group classification in its certificate of airworthiness and of such a weight and performance that with any one of its power units in operative and the remaining power unit or units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified in the certificate of airworthiness, performance schedule or flight manual relating to the aeroplane issued or rendered valid by the Director-General it is capable of a gradient of climb of at least 1 in 200 at an altitude of 5,000 feet in the International Standard Atmosphere specified or ascertainable by reference to the certificate of airworthiness in force in respect of that aircraft when either more than 400 nautical miles or more than 90 minutes flying time21 from the nearest aerodrome at which an emergency landing can be madeH and J
(b) in the case of all other flying machines, when more than 30 minutes flying time from such an aerodromeH and J
(v) on all flights which involve manoeuvres on waterH, I and J
(vi) when flying at a height of 10,000 feet or more above mean sea levelK
(vii) on flights when the weather reports or forecasts available at the aerodrome at time of departure indicate that conditions favouring ice formation are likely to be metL
(viii) when carrying out acrobatic manoeuvresM
(ix) on all flights on which the aircraft carries a flight crew of more than one personN
(x) on all flights for the purpose of the public transport of passengersQ
(xii) on all flights by a pressurised aircraftR
(xii) when flying over substantially uninhabited land areas where, in the event of an emergency landing tropical conditions are likely to be metS
(xiii) when flying over substantially uninhabited and areas where, in the event of an emergency landing, polar conditions are likely to be metT
3. Turbine-jet flying machine having a maximum total weight authorised exceeding 5,700 kg or pressurised aircraft having a maximum total weight authorised exceeding 11,400 kgWhen flying for the purpose of public transportO
4. Turbine-engine aeroplanes having maximum total weight authorised exceeding 27,000 kg: P
(a) which are operated by an air transport undertaking under a certificate of airworthiness of the Transport Category (Passenger) or the Transport Category (Cargo)When flying on any flightP
(b) in respect of which application has been made and not withdrawn or refused for such a certificate, and which fly under the "A Conditions" or under a certificate of airworthiness, of the Special Category.When flying on any flightP
2For the purposes of this Table, flying time shall be calculated on the assumption that the aircraft is flying in still air at the speed specified in the relevant Certificate of Airworthiness as the speed for compliance with regulations governing flights over water.
5.The scale of equipment indicated in the foregoing shall be as follows—

Scale A

(i)Spare fuses for all electrical circuits the fuses of which can be replaced in flight, consisting of ten percent of the number of each rating or three of each rating, whichever is the greater.
(ii)Maps, charts, codes and other documents and navigational equipment necessary, in addition to any other equipment required under these regulations for the intended flight of the aircraft, including any diversion which may reasonably be expected.
(iii)Subject to Scale B (iii), a safety belt or safety harness for every seat in use.
(iv)For each person on board ½ (half) litre of water together with 125 gms glucose coffee tablets.

Scale B

(i)First Aid equipment of good quality sufficient in quantity, having regard to the number of persons on board the aircraft and including the following—Roller bandages, triangular bandages, absorbent gauze, adhesive plaster, white absorbent lint, cotton wool (or wool dressing in place of the lint and cotton wool), burn dressings, safety pins;
(ii)in the case of an aeroplane used for the public transport of passengers in which while the aeroplane is at rest on the ground, the seal of any external door intended for the disembarkation of passengers, whether normally or in an emergency—
(a)is more than 1.8 metres from the ground when the under-carriage of the machine is in the normal position for taxiing; or
(b)would be more than 1.8 metres from the ground if the undercarriage or any part thereof should collapse, break or fail to function,
apparatus readily available for use at each such door consisting of a device or devices which will enable passengers to reach the ground safely in an emergency while the aeroplane is on the ground and can be readily fixed in position for use;
(iii)if the maximum total weight authorised of the aircraft is more than 2,730 kgs as safety harness for every pilot's seat in use, in place of the safety belt referred to under Scale A:Provided that the Director-General may permit a safety belt to be fitted if he is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to fit a safety harness;
(iv)if the commander cannot, from his own seat, see all the passengers' seats in the aircraft, a means of indicating to the passengers that seat belts should be fastened;
(v)distress signals, capable of making from the ground a pyrotechnical signal of distress designed to attract search parties.

Scale C

(i)Equipment for displaying the lights required by the Rules of the Air Traffic Control.
(ii)Electrical equipment, supplied from the main source of supply in the aircraft, to provide sufficient illumination to enable the flight crew properly to carry out their duties during flight.
(iii)Unless the aircraft is equipped with radio, devices for making the visual signal specified in the Rules for the Air and Air Traffic Control as indicating a request for permission to land.

Scale D

(i)Either—
(a)a turn and slip indicator; or
(b)a gyroscopic bank and pitch indicator and a gyroscopic direction indicator.
(ii)A sensitive pressure altimeter adjustable for changes in barometric pressure.

Scale E

(i)A turn and slip indicator.
(ii)A gyroscopic bank and pitch indicator.
(iii)A gyroscopic direction indicator.
(iv)A sensitive pressure altimeter adjustable for changes in barometric pressure.

Scale F

(i)A timepiece with a sweep second hand.
(ii)A means of indicating whether the power supply to the gyroscopic instruments is adequate.
(iii)A rate of climb and descent indicator.
(iv)If the maximum total weight authorised of the aircraft is more than 5,700 kgs, a means of indicating the outside air temperature.
(v)If the maximum total weight authorised of the aircraft is more than 5,700 kgs. two air speed indicators.

Scale G

(i)Landing lights consisting of two single filament lamps, or one dual filament lamp, with separately energized filaments.
(ii)An electric light system to provide illumination in every passenger compartment.
(iii)
(a)If the aircraft, in accordance with its certificate of airworthiness, may carry more than nineteen persons over three years of age—Two electric torches and an emergency lighting system to provide illumination in the passenger compartments sufficient to facilitate the evacuation of the aircraft notwithstanding the failure to the lighting systems specified in subparagraph (ii).
(b)In the case of any other aircraft, one electric torch for each member of the crew of the aircraft.
(iv)In the case of an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 5,700 kgs. means of observing the existence and build-up of ice on the aircraft.

Scale H

For each person on board, a lifejacket equipped with a whistle and water proof torch: Provided that lifejackets constructed and carried solely for use by children under three years of age need not be equipped with a whistle.

Scale I

(i)Additional flotation equipment capable of supporting one-fifth of the number of persons on board, and provided in a place of stowage accessible from outside the aeroplane.
(ii)Parachute distress rocket signals capable of making, from the surface water, the pyrotechnical signal of distress specified in the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control and complying with Part III of the Thirteenth Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Rules 1958 (a).
(iii)A sea anchor and other equipment necessary to facilitate mooring, anchoring or manoeuvring the aeroplane on water, appropriate to its size, weight, and handling characteristics.

Scale J

(i)Dinghies sufficient to accommodate all persons on board the aeroplane with the following equipment—
(a)Means for maintaining buoyancy.
(b)A sea anchor.
(c)Life lines, and means of attaching one dinghy to another.
(d)Paddles or other means of propulsion.
(e)Means of protecting the occupants from the elements.
(f)A waterproof torch.
(g)Marine-type pyrotechnical distress signals.
(h)Means of making sea water drinkable.
(i)For each person the dinghy is designed to carry: 250 gram. of glucose toffee tablets; 125 gram of sweetened condensed milk in durable containers; 1 litre of fresh water in durable containers:Provided that in any case in which it is not reasonably practicable owing to lack of storage space in the dinghy to carry the quantities of condensed milk and water above prescribed, an equal quantity by weight of glucose toffee tablets may be substituted for the former and as large a quantity of fresh water as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances may be substituted for the latter. In no case however shall the quantity of water carried be less than is sufficient, when added to the amount of fresh water capable of being produced by means of the equipment specified in item (h) of the subparagraph, to provide 1 litre of water for each person the dinghy is designed to carry.
(j)First-Aid equipmentItems (f) to (j) inclusive shall be contained in a pack stowed with the dinghy.
(k)1 Arctic suit for each member of the crew of the aircraft.
(ii)For every four, or proportion of four dinghies, one dinghy radio transmitter.
(iii)The Director-General may permit the carrying of equipment listed under Scale H if he is satisfied that it would not be reasonably practical to carry a dinghy.

Scale K

Part I

(i)In every aeroplane which is provided with means for maintaining a pressure greater than 700 millibar throughout the flight in the flight crew compartment and in the compartments in which passengers are carried—
(a)supply of oxygen sufficient, in the event of failure to maintain such pressure occurring in the circumstance specified in columns 1 and 2 of the Table set out in Part II of this Scale, for continuous use, during the periods specified in column 3 of the said Table, by the persons for whom oxygen is to be provided in accordance with column 4 of that Table; and
(b)in addition, in every case where the aeroplane flies above flight level 350, a supply of oxygen in a portable container sufficient for the simultaneous First Aid treatment of two passengers, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus to enable such persons to use the oxygen.
(ii)In any other aeroplane—
(a)a supply of oxygen sufficient for continuous use by all the crew, and, if passengers, are carried, by 10 percent of the number of passengers, for any period exceeding 30 minutes during which the aeroplane flies at above flight level 100 but not above flight level 130; and
(b)a supply of oxygen sufficient for continuous use by all persons on board to the whole time during which the aeroplane flies above flight level 130, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus to enable such persons to use, oxygen.

Part II

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Vertical displacement of the aeroplane in relation to flight levelsCapability of aeroplane to descend (where relevant)Period of supply of oxygenPersons for whom oxygen is to be provided
Above flight level 100 30 minutes or the period specified at A hereunder, whichever is the greater.In addition to any passengers for whom oxygen is provided as specified below, all the crew.
Above flight level 100 but not above flight level 300Aeroplane is either flying at or below flight level 150 or is capable of descending continuing to destination as specified at X hereunder30 minutes or the period specified at A hereunder, whichever is greater10 per cent of number of passengers
 Aeroplane flying above flight level 150 and is not so capable{ 10 minutes or{ period specified{ at B hereunder{ whichever is the{ greater, and in{ addition{ 30 minutes or{ period specified{ at C hereunder,{ whichever is{ greater.All passengers.5 percent of number of passengers.
Above flight level 300 but not above flight level 350Aeroplane is capable of descending and continuing to destination as specified at Y hereunder30 minutes or the period specified at A hereunder, whichever is the greater.15 percent of the number of passengers.
  { 10 minutes or{ period specified{ at B hereunder,{ whichever is the{ greater.All passengers.
 Aeroplane is not so capable{ And in addition{ 30 minutes or{ the period{ specified at{ C hereunder,{ whichever is{ greater.15 percent of number of passengers.
Above flight level 350 { 10 minutes or the{ period specified at{ B hereunder, which-{ ever is the greater.{ And in addition{ 30 minutes or the{ period specified at{ C hereunder, which-{ ever is the greater.All passengers.15 percent of number of passengers.
A — The whole period during which, after a failure to maintain a pressure greater than 700 millibars in the control compartment and in the compartments in which passengers are carried has occurred, the aeroplane flies above flight level 100.B — The whole period during which, after a failure to maintain such pressure has occurred, the aeroplane flies above flight level 150.C — The whole period during which, after a failure to maintain such pressure has occurred, the flying machine flies above flight level 100, but not above flight level 150.X — The aeroplane is capable, at the time when a failure to maintain such pressure occurs, of descending in accordance with the emergency descent procedure specified in the relevant flight manual and without flying below the minimum altitudes for safe flight specified in the operations manual relating to the aircraft to flight level 150 within six minutes, and of continuing at or below that flight level to its place of intended destination or any other place at which a safe landing can be made.Y — The aeroplane is capable, at the time when a failure to maintain such pressure occurs, of descending in accordance with the emergency descent procedure specified in the relevant flight manual and without flying below the minimum altitudes for safe flight specified in the operations manual relating to the aircraft to flight level 150 within four minutes and of continuing at or below that, flight level to its place of intended destination or any other place at which a safe landing can be made.

Scale L

Equipment to prevent the impairment through ice formation of the functioning of the controls, means of propulsion, lighting surfaces, windows or equipment of the aircraft so as to endanger the safety of the aircraft.

Scale M

Safety harness for every seat in use.

Scale N

An intercommunication system for use by all members of the flight crew and including microphones, not of a hand-held type, for use by the pilot and flight engineer (if any).

Scale O

A radar set capable of giving warning to the pilot in command of the aircraft of the presence of cumulonimbus clouds and other potentially hazardous weather conditions.

Scale P

A flight recorder which is capable of recording, by reference to a time -scale, the following data:
(a)indicated air speed;
(b)indicated altitude;
(c)vertical acceleration;
(d)magnetic heading;
(e)pitch attitude, if the equipment provided in the aircraft is of such a nature as to enable this item to be recorded.
The recorder, which shall always be in use from the beginning of the take-off run until the end of landing run, shall be so constructed that the record would be likely to be preserved in the event of an accident to the aircraft.

Scale Q

If the maximum total weight authorised of the aeroplane exceed 5,700 kgs. and it is first registered on or after 1st June 1965, a door between the flight crew compartment and any adjacent compartment to which passengers have access, which door shall be fitted with clock or bolt capable of being worked from the flight crew compartment.

Scale R

(i)Equipment sufficient to protect the eyes, nose and mouth of the pilot in command of the aircraft from the effects of smoke and noxious gases for a period of not less than 15 minutes; and
(ii)portable equipment sufficient to protect the eyes, nose and mouth of one other member of the crew of the aircraft from the effects of smoke and noxious gases for a period of not less than 8 minutes; and
(iii)equipment sufficient to protect from effects of smoke and noxious gases the eyes of all members of the flight crew of the aircraft whose eyes are not adequately protected by other equipment.

Scale S

(a)1 survival beacon radio apparatus;
(b)Marine type pyrotechnical distress signals;
(c)for each 4 or proportion of 4 persons on board, 50 grams of glucose toffee tablets;
(d)for each 4 or proportion of 4 persons on board, 1 litre of fresh water in durable containers;
(e)First-Aid equipment.

Scale T

(a)1 survival beacon radio apparatus;
(b)marine type pyrotechnical distress signals;
(c)for each 4 or proportion 4 persons on board, 250 grams of glucose toffee tablets;
(d)for each 4 or proportion of 4 persons on board, 1 litre of fresh water in durable container;
(e)first-Aid equipment;
(f)for every 75 or proportion of 75 persons on board, 1 stove suitable for use with aircraft fuel;
(g)1 cooking utensil, in which snow or ice can be melted;
(h)2 snow shovels;
(i)2 ice saws;
(j)single or multiple sleeping-bags, sufficient for the use of one-third of all persons on board.

Sixth Schedule (Regulation 13)

Radio apparatus to be carried in aircraft

1.Every aircraft registered in Tanzania shall be provided, when flying circumstances specified in the first column of the Table set forth in paragraph 2 of this Schedule, with the scales of equipment respectively indicated in that table:Provided that, if the aircraft is flying in a combination of such circumstances, the scales of equipment shall not on that account be duplicated.
2.
Table
Aircraft and circumstances of flightScale of equipment required
 A B C D
 
1. All Aircraft31 A 
(a) When flying under Instrument Flight Rules or Visual Flight Rules A B
(b) When flying under Instrument Flight Rules42 A 
(c) where required by the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control to comply in whole or in part with Instrument Flight Rules in Visual Meteorological Conditions A B
2. All aircraft when flying for the purpose of public transport 
(a) Under Instrument Flight Rules: 
(i) While making an approach to landingA B C D 
(ii) On all other occasionsABC 
(b) Under Visual Flight Rules: 
(i) Over a route on which navigation is not affected solely by visual reference to landmarks A B
(ii) Over water, beyond gliding distance from landA 
3Unless the appropriate Air Traffic Control unit otherwise permits in relation to a particular flight.4Unless the appropriate Air Traffic Control unit otherwise permits in relation to a particular flight.
3.The scales of radio apparatus indicated in the foregoing Table shall be as follows—
Scale A:Radio apparatus capable of maintaining two-way communication with the appropriate aeronautical radio stations.
Scale B:Radio apparatus capable of enabling the aircraft to be navigated on the intended route.
Scale C:Radio apparatus capable of receiving from the appropriate aeronautical radio stations meteorological broadcasts relevant to the intended flight.
Scale D:Radio apparatus capable of receiving signals from one or more aeronautical radio stations on the surface to enable the aircraft to be guided to a point from which a visual landing can be made at the aerodrome at which the aircraft is to land.

Seventh Schedule (Regulation 14)

Aircraft, engine and propeller log-books

1.Aircraft log-bookThe following entries shall be included in the aircraft log-book—
(a)the name of the constructor, the type of the aircraft, the number assigned to it by the constructor and the date of the construction of the aircraft;
(b)the nationality and registration marks of the aircraft.
(c)the name and address of the operator of the aircraft;
(d)particulars of the date and duration of each flight, or if more than one flight was made on one day, the number of flights and total duration of flights on that day;
(e)particulars of all maintenance work carried out on the aircraft or its equipment;
(f)particulars of any defects occurring in the aircraft or in any equipment required to be carried by or under these regulations, and of the action taken to rectify such defects including a reference to the relevant entries in the technical log-book required by paragraphs (6) and (7) of regulation 9;
(g)particulars of any overhauls, repairs, replacements and modifications relating to the aircraft or any such equipment as aforesaid:
Provided that entries shall not be required to be made under subparagraphs (e), (f) and (g) in respect of any engine or variable pitch propeller.
2.Engine log-bookThe following entries shall be included in the engine log-book:
(a)the name of the constructor; the type of the engine, the number assigned to it by the constructor and the date of the construction of the engine;
(b)the nationality and registration marks of each aircraft in which the engine is fitted;
(c)the name and address of the operator of each such aircraft;
(d)particulars of the date and duration of each occasion on which the engine is run in flight, or, if the engine is run on more than one occasion on one day, the number of occasions and the total duration of the running of the engine on the day;
(e)particulars of all maintenance work done on the engine;
(f)particulars of any defects occurring in the engine and of the rectification of such defects, including a reference to the relevant entries in the technical log required by paragraphs (6) and (7) of regulation 9;
(g)particulars of all overhauls, repairs, replacements and modifications relating to the engine or any of its accessories.
3.Variable pitch propeller log-bookThe following entries shall be included in the variable pitch propeller log-book—
(a)the name of the constructor, the type of the propeller, the number assigned to it by the constructor and the date of the construction of the propeller;
(b)the nationality and registration marks of each aircraft and the type and number of each engine to which the propeller is fitted;
(c)the name and address of the operator of each such aircraft;
(d)particulars of the date and duration of each occasion on which the propeller is run in flight, or, if the propeller is run on more than one occasion on one day, the number of occasions and the total duration of the running of the propeller on that day;
(e)particulars of all maintenance work done on the propeller;
(f)particulars of any defects occurring in the propeller, and of the rectification of such defects, including a reference to the relevant entries in the technical log-book required by paragraphs (6) and (7) of regulation 9;
(g)particulars of any overhauls, repairs, replacements on modifications relating to the propeller.

Eigth Schedule (Regulation 19)

Flight crew of aircraft: licences and ratings

Part A – Licences

Minimum Age, Period of Validity, Privileges
1.Student pilots

Student Pilot's Licence (All aircraft)

Minimum Age 17 years.Maximum period of validity—
(a)24 months, if the holder is less than 40 years of age on the date on which the licence is granted or renewed; or
(b)12 months, if the holder is 40 years of age or more on that date.
Privileges—The licence—
(a)shall entitle the holder to fly as pilot in command of an aircraft for the purpose of becoming qualified for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence;
(b)shall be valid only for flights within Tanzania;
(c)shall not entitle the holder to fly as pilot in command of an aircraft in which any person is carried;
(d)shall be valid only for flights carried out in accordance with instructions given by a person holding a pilot's licence granted under these regulations, being a licence which includes a flying instructor's rating or an assistant flying instructor's rating entitling him to give instruction in flying the type of aircraft to be flown.
2.Aeroplane pilots

Private Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes)

Minimum age 17 years.Maximum period of validity—
(a)24 months, if the holder is less than 40 years of age on the date on which the licence is granted or renewed; or
(b)12 months, if the holder is 40 years of age or more on that date.Privileges—The Licence—
(i)shall entitle the holder to fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of an aeroplane of any of the types specified in the aircraft rating included in the licence, when the aircraft is flying for any purpose other than public transport or aerial work;
(ii)shall not entitle the holder to act as pilot in command by night while carrying any passenger in the aircraft unless a night rating is included in the licence, and unless an instrument rating is included or he has within the immediately preceding six months carried out as pilot in command not less than five take-offs and five landings at a time when the depression of the centre of the sum is not less than 12 degrees below the horizon.

Commercial Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes)

Minimum Age — 18 yearsMaximum period of validity—
(a)12 months, if the holder is less than 40 years of age on the date on which the licence is granted or renewed; or
(b)6 months, if the holder is 40 years of age or more on that date.
Privileges—In addition to the privileges given above for the Private Pilot's Licence (Aeroplane), the holder of the licence shall be entitled to fly as:
(a)Pilot in Command of any aeroplane of a type specified in Part 1 of the aircraft rating when the aeroplane is engaged on a flight for any purpose whatsoever:Provided that—
(i)he shall not, unless his licence included an instrument rating, fly such an aeroplane on any scheduled journey;
(ii)he shall not fly such an aeroplane at night on a flight on which a passenger is carried unless his licence includes an instrument rating or he has within the immediately preceding 90 days carried out as pilot in command not less than five landings at a time when the depression of the centre of the sun was not less than 12 degrees below horizon;
(iii)he shall not unless his licence includes an instrument rating, fly any such aeroplane of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds, 2,300 kg. on any flight for the purpose of public transport, except a flight beginning and ending at the same aerodrome and not extending beyond 25 nautical miles from that aerodrome;
(iv)he shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport if its maximum total weight authorised exceeds 5,700 kg.
(b)Co-pilot of any aeroplane of a type specified in Part I or II of such aircraft rating when the aeroplane is engaged in a flight for any purpose whatsoever.

Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes)

Minimum Age - 21 yearsMaximum Period of Validity - Six Months515In respect of the privileges of a Private Pilot's Licence the maximum period of validity shall be as given for that licence.Privileges-In addition to the privileges given above for the Private Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes) the holder of the Licence shall be entitled to fly as—
(a)Pilot in Command of any aeroplane of a type specified in Part I of the aircraft rating included in the licence when the aeroplane is engaged on a flight for any purpose whatsoever:Provided that:
(i)he shall not, unless his licence includes an instrument rating, fly such an aircraft on any scheduled journey;
(ii)he shall not fly such an aircraft on a flight carrying passengers at a night unless an instrument rating is included in his licence or he has within the immediately proceeding 90 days carried out as Pilot in Command not less than five take-offs and five landings at a time when the depression of the sun is not less than 12 degrees below the horizon;
(iii)he shall not, unless his licence includes an instrument rating, fly any such aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 2,300 kg. on any flight for the purpose of public transport except a flight beginning and ending at the same aerodrome and not extending beyond 25 nautical miles from that aerodrome;
(iv)he shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport if its maximum total weight authorised exceeds 20,000 kg. for that Licence.
(b)Co-Pilot of any aeroplane of a type specified in Part I and Part II of such aircraft rating when the aeroplane is engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport or aerial work.
3.Helicopter pilots

Private Pilot's Licence (Helicopters)

Minimum age — 17 yearsMaximum period of Validity—
(a)24 months, if the holder is less than 40 years of age on the date on which the licence is granted or renewed; or
(b)12 months, if the holder is 40 years of age or more on that date.
Privileges—The holder of the licence shall be entitled to fly as a Pilot in Command or Co-Pilot of any type of a helicopter specified in the aircraft rating included the licence when the aircraft is operated for purposes other than public transport or aerial work. He may not fly as Pilot in Command of such flight at night when carrying passengers, unless his licence contains a night rating and he has, within the immediately preceding ninety days, carried out not less than five circuits and landings as Pilot in Command at a time when the depression of the centre of the sun is not less than 12 degrees below the horizon.

Commercial Pilot's Licence (Helicopters)

Minimum Age — 18 yearsMaximum Period of Validity — Six months626In respect of the privileges of a Private Pilot's Licence the maximum period of validity shall be given for that licence.Privileges—In addition to the privileges given above for the Pilot's Licence (Helicopters) the holder of the Licence shall be entitled to fly as—
(a)Pilot in Command of any helicopter of which the total weight authorised does not exceed 5,700 kg. and which is of a type specified in Part I of the aircraft rating included in the licence when the helicopter is engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport.
(b)Pilot in Command of any helicopter of a type specified in Part I of the aircraft rating of the licence when the helicopter is engaged on a flight for the purpose of aerial work:Provided that he shall not fly as Pilot in Command on a flight carrying passengers unless he has within the immediately preceding ninety days carried out not less than five take-offs and five landings as pilot in command at time when the depression of the centre of the sun is not less than 12 degrees below the horizon.
(c)Co-Pilot of any helicopter required to carry two pilots and of a type specified in Part I or Part II of such aircraft rating for purposes of public transport or aerial work.

Airline Transport Pilot's Licence (Helicopters)

Minimum Age — 21 yearsMinimum Period of Validity - Six Months737In respect of the privileges of a Private Pilot's Licence the maximum period of validity shall be given for that licence.Privileges—In addition to the privileges given for the Private Pilot's Licence Helicopter, the holder of the Licence shall be entitled to fly as—
(a)Pilot in Command of any helicopter of a type specified in Part 1 of the aircraft rating included in the licence when the aircraft is engaged on a flight for purposes of public transport or aerial work:Provided that he shall not fly as Pilot in Command on a flight at night carrying passengers unless he has within the immediately preceding ninety days carried out not less than five take-offs and five landings as Pilot in Command at a time when when the depression of the centre of the sun is not less than 12 degrees below the horizon;
(b)Co-Pilot of any helicopter required to carry two pilots and of a type specified in Part I or Part II of such aircraft rating for the purposes of public transport or aerial work.
4.Balloon and airship pilots

Private Pilot's Licence (Balloons and airships)

Minimum Age — 17 yearsMaximum Period of Validity—
(a)24 months, if the holder is less than 40 years of age on the date on which licence is granted or renewed; or
(b)12 months, if the holder is 40 years or more on that date.
Privileges—The holder of the licence shall be entitled to fly, when the balloon or airship is flying for any purpose other than public transport or aerial work, as:
(a)Pilot in Command of any type of balloon or airship specified in Part I of the aircraft type rating included in the licence;
(b)Co-Pilot of any type of balloon or airship specified in Part I or Part II of such aircraft rating.
5.Other flight crew

Flight navigator's licence

Minimum Age — 21 YearsMaximum Period of Validity — 12 monthsPrivileges—The holder of the licence shall be entitled to act as flight navigator in any aircraft.

Flight engineer's licence

Minimum Age — 12 years.Maximum Period of Validity — 12 monthsPrivileges—The holder of the licence shall be entitled to act as flight engineer in any type of aircraft specified in the aircraft rating included in the licence.

Flight radiotelephony operator's licence

Minimum Age — 17 years.Maximum Period of Validity — 24 monthsPrivileges—The holder of the licence shall be entitled to operate radiotelephony apparatus in any aircraft.

Part B – Ratings

1.The following ratings may be included in a pilot's licence other than a student pilot's licence granted under part v of these regulations and subject to the provisions of these regulations and of the licence, the inclusion of a rating in a licence shall have the consequences respectively specified as follows.

Aircraft rating

The licence shall entitle the holder to act as pilot only of aircraft of the types specified in the aircraft rating and different types of aircraft may be specified in respect of different privileges of a licence.

Instrument rating (Aeroplanes)

Shall entitle the holder of the licence to act as pilot of an aeroplane flying in controlled airspace in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules:Provided that the holder shall not be so entitled unless the licence bears a certificate, signed by a person authorised by the Director-General for that purpose, indicating that the holder has, within the previous 13 months, passed an instrument flying test.

Night rating (Private pilot's licence aeroplanes)

Shall entitle the holder of a private pilot's licence to act as Pilot in Command of an aeroplane carrying passengers by night.

Flying instructor's rating

Shall entitle the holder of the licence to give instructions in flying aircraft of such types as may be specified in the rating for that purpose.The maximum period of validity of a flying instructor's rating shall be 12 months.

Assistant flying instructor's rating

Shall entitle the holder of the licence to give instructions in flying aircraft of such types as may be specified in the rating for that purpose:Provided that—
(a)except when the Director-General has given a direction in writing to the contrary such instructions shall only be given under the supervision of a person present during the take-off and landings at the aerodrome at which the instructions are to begin and holding a pilot's licence endorsed with a flying instructor's rating; and
(b)an assistant flying instructor's rating shall not entitle the holder of the licence to give directions to the person undergoing instruction in respect of the performance by that person of—
(i)his first solo flight; or
(ii)is first solo flight by night; or
(iii)his first solo cross-country flight otherwise than by night; or
(iv)his first solo cross-country flight by night.
The maximum period of validity of an assistant flying instructor's rating shall be twelve months.
2.An aircraft rating may be included in every flight engineer's licence. The licence shall entitle the holder to act as flight engineer only of aircraft of a type specified in the aircraft rating.
3.For the purposes of this Schedule:"solo flight" means a flight on which the pilot of the aircraft is not accompanied by a pilot's licence granted or rendered valid under these regulations;"cross-country flight" means any flight during the course of which the aircraft is more than 10 nautical miles from the aerodrome of departure.

Ninth Schedule (Regulation 60)

Air traffic controllers: ratings

1.The holder of a licence which includes rating of two or more of the classes specified in paragraph 2 of this Schedule shall not at any one time perform the functions specified in respect of more than one of those ratings:Provided that the functions of any one of the following groups of rating may be exercised at the same time—
(a)The Aerodrome Control Rating and the Approach Control Rating;
(b)The Approach Control Rating and the Approach Radar Control Rating; except that the functions of the Approach Control Rating shall not be exercised at the same time as the functions of the Approach Radar Control Rating if the service being provided under the latter is a surveillance radar approach terminating at a point less than 2 nautical miles from the point of intersection of the glide path with the runway;
(c)The Area Control Rating and the Area Radar Control Rating.
2.Ratings of the following classes may be included in an Air Traffic Controller's Licence granted under regulation 59 and, subject to the provisions of the licence, the inclusion of a rating in a licence shall have the consequences respectively specified as follows—
(a)Aerodrome Control Rating shall entitle the holder of the licence, at any aerodrome for which the rating is valid, to provide air traffic control service (but not with any type of radar equipment for which a radar control rating is required under this paragraph) for any aircraft on the manoeuvring area or apron of that aerodrome or which is flying in the vicinity of the aerodrome traffic zone by visual reference to the surface;
(b)Approach Control Rating shall entitle the holder of the licence, at any aerodrome for which the rating is valid, to provide Air Traffic Control service (but not with any type of radar equipment for which a radar control Rating is required under this paragraph) for any aircraft which is flying in the Control Zone and Terminal Control area of the aerodrome whether or not it is flying visual reference to the surface;
(c)Approach Radar Control Rating shall entitle the holder of the licence, at any aerodrome at which the rating is valid to provide Air Traffic Control Service with the aid of any type of surveillance Radar equipment for which the rating is valid;
(d)Area Control Rating shall entitle the holder of the licence at any place for which the rating is valid to provide an Air Traffic Control Service without the aid of any surveillance Radar equipment; and
(e)Area Radar Control Rating shall entitle the holder of the licence at any place for which the rating is valid, to provide Air Traffic Control Service with the aid of any type of surveillance Radar equipment for which the rating is valid.

Tenth Schedule (Regulation 24)

Public transport: operational requirements

Part A – Operations manual

Information and instructions relating to the following matters shall be included in the operations manual referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 24:
(a)Instructions outlining the responsibilities of operating staff relating to the conduct of flight operations;
(b)the number of the flight crew to be carried in the aircraft on each stage of the route to be flown, and the respective capacities in which they are to act, including instructions as to the persons to be in command of the aircraft and as to the order and circumstances in which such command should be assumed by other persons;
(c)emergency flight procedures, including procedures for the instruction of passenger in the position and use of emergency equipment;
(d)procedures for crew members in the event of an act of unlawful interference, as detailed in the operator's security programme;
(e)
(i)in respect of a flight on a scheduled journey the minimum altitudes for safe flight on each stage of the route to be flown and any planned diversion;
(ii)in respect of a flight other than on a scheduled journey information as to the basis on which the minimum altitudes for safe flight shall be calculated.
For a route which is in frequent use the minimum altitudes for safe flight on each stage of the route should be stated;
(f)the circumstances in which a radio watch must be maintained;
(g)list of the navigational equipment to be carried in the aircraft;
(h)instructions as to the manner of computing and recording the quantities of fuel and oil to be carried and consumed by the aircraft on each stage of the route to be flown. Such instructions shall take account for all circumstances likely to be encountered on the flight including the possibility of failure of one or more of the aircraft engines whilst en route;
(i)the conditions under which oxygen is to be used by the crew and passengers;
(j)the aeronautical information publication of the Directorate of Civil Aviation which shall be deemed an integral part of the operations manual;
(k)weather minima (as specified in part D of the Tenth Schedule) appropriate to the aircraft and any aid to be used for the aerodrome alternate aerodrome;
(l)the particulars referred to in regulation 50;
(m)such technical information not already contained in a flight manual available to the flight crew concerning the aircraft, its engines and equipment as may be necessary to enable them to perform their respective duties;
(n)the reporting in flight to the appropriate authorities of information relating to hazardous and other weather conditions experienced; and
(o)procedures for Pilots-in-Command of intercepted aircraft;
(p)the check system to be followed by the crew of the aircraft prior to and on take-off or landing and in emergency so as to ensure that the operating procedure continued in the operations manual and in the flight manual or performance schedule relevant to the aircraft are complied with;
(q)visual signals for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft;
(r)check list of emergency and safety equipment and instructions or its use.

Part B – Crew training and TTS (Regulation 26)

1.The training, experience, practice and periodical tests required under paragraph (2) of regulation 26 in the case of members of the crew of an aircraft engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport shall be as follows—
(1)The CrewEvery member of the crew shall—
(a)have been tested within the relevant period by or on behalf of the operator as to his knowledge of the use of the emergency and lifesaving equipment required to be carried in the aircraft on the flight; and
(b)have practised within the relevant period, under the supervision of the operator or of a person appointed by him for the purpose, the carrying out of the duties required by him in case of an emergency occurring to the aircraft, either in an aircraft of the type to be used on the flight or in apparatus approved by the Director-General for the purpose and controlled by persons so approved.
(2)Pilots
(a)every pilot included in the flight crew who is intended by the operator to fly as pilot in conditions requiring compliance with Instrument Flight Rules (which conditions are hereafter in this Schedule referred to as "IMC") shall within the relevant period have been tested by or on behalf of the operator as to his competence to perform his duties in an aircraft of the type to be used on this flight, including a test of his ability—
(i)to execute normal and emergency manoeuvres and procedures in flight in such aircraft in IMC, actual or simulated; and
(ii)to use in IMC, actual or simulated, the instruments and equipment provided for use in such conditions in the aircraft to be used on the flight.
A pilot's ability to carry out normal manoeuvres and procedures shall be tested in the aircraft in flight. The other tests required by this subparagraph may be conducted either in the aircraft in flight or under the supervision of a person approved by the Director-General for the purpose, by means of apparatus so approved in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground.
(b)Every pilot included in the flight crew whose licence does not include an instrument rating or who, notwithstanding the inclusion of such rating in his licence is not intended by the operator to fly as pilot in IMC, shall within the relevant period have been tested, by or on behalf of the operator in flight in an aircraft of the type to be used on the flight as to his competence to act as pilot including a test of his ability to execute normal and emergency manoeuvres and procedures.
(3)Flight engineersEvery flight engineer included in the flight crew shall within the relevant period have been tested by or on behalf of the operator, either in flight, or under the supervision of a person approved by the Director-General for that purpose, by means of apparatus so approved in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground, as to his competence to perform to the duties of flight engineer in aircraft of the type to be used on the flight, including his ability to execute emergency procedures in the course of such duties.
(4)Flight navigatorsEvery flight navigator whose inclusion in the flight crew is required under paragraph (4) of regulation 17 shall within the relevant period have been tested by or on behalf of the operator as to his competence to perform his duties in conditions corresponding to those likely to be encountered on the flight using equipment of the type to be used in the aircraft on the flight for purposes of navigation.
(5)Aircraft commanders
(a)the pilot designated as commander of the aircraft for the flight shall within the relevant period—
(i)have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the operator that he has adequate knowledge of the route to be taken or, in the case of nonscheduled journeys, the area in which it is intended to operate, the aerodromes of take-off and landing, and any alternate aerodromes, including in particular his knowledge of:the seasonal meteorological conditions, the meteorological communications, and air traffic facilities, service and procedures, the search and rescue procedures, and the navigational facilities, relevant to the route or areas;
(ii)have been tested as to his proficiency in using instrument approach-to-land systems of the type in use at the aerodrome of intended landing and any alternate aerodromes, such test being carried out either in flight in IMC or IMC simulated by means approved by the Director-General or under the supervision of a person approved by the Director-General, for the purpose, by means of apparatus so approved in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground;
(iii)have carried out as Pilot in Command not less than three take-offs and three landings in aircraft of the type to be used on the flight;
(b)in determining whether a pilot's knowledge of the matters referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) is sufficient to render him competent to perform the duties of aircraft commander on the flight, the operator shall take into account the pilot's flying experience in conjunction with the following—
(i)the experience of other members of the intended flight crew;
(ii)the influence of terrain and obstructions on departure and approach procedures at the aerodromes of take-off and intended landing and at alternate aerodromes;
(iii)the similarity of the instrument approach procedures and let-down aids to those with which the pilot is familiar;
(iv)the dimensions of runways which may be used in the course of the flight in relation to the performance limits of aircraft of the type to be used on the flight;
(v)the reliability of meteorological forecasts and the area to be traversed;
(vi)the adequacy of the information available regarding the aerodrome of intended landing and any alternate aerodromes;
(vii)the nature of Air Traffic Control procedures and familiarity of the pilot with such procedures;
(viii)the influence of terrain on route conditions and the extent of the assistance obtainable route from navigational aids and air-to-ground communication facilities;
(ix)the extent to which it is possible for the pilot to become familiar with unusual aerodrome procedures and features of the route by means of ground instruction and training devices.
(6)For the purposes of this Schedule, the expression "relevant period" means a period which immediately precedes the commencement of the flight, being a period—
(a)in the case if subparagraph (5)(a)(iii) of this paragraph, of three months;
(b)in the case of subparagraphs (2), (3) and (5)(a)(ii) of this paragraph, of six month;
(c)in the case of subparagraphs (1), (4) and (5)(a)(i) of this paragraph, of twelve months:Provided that—
(i)any pilot of the aircraft to whom the provisions of subparagraphs (2) or (5)(a)(ii) and any flight engineer of the aircraft to whom the provisions of subparagraph (3) of this paragraph apply shall, for the purposes of the flight be deemed to have complied with such requirements respectively within the relevant period if he has qualified to perform his duties in accordance therewith on two occasions within the period of thirteen months immediately preceding the flight such occasions being separated by an interval of not less than four months;
(ii)the requirements of subparagraph (5)(a)(i) shall be deemed to have been complied with within the relevant period by a pilot designated as commander of the aircraft for the flight if, having become qualified so to act on flights between the same places over the same route more than thirteen months before commencement of the flight, he has within the period of thirteen months immediately preceding the flight flown as pilot of an aircraft between those places over the route.
2.
(1)The records required to be maintained by an operator under paragraph (2) of regulation 26 shall be accurate and up-to-date records so kept as to show, on any date in relation to each person who has during the period of two years immediately preceding that date, flown as a member of the crew of any public transport aircraft operated by the operator—
(a)the date and particulars of each test required by this Schedule undergone by that person during the said period including the name and qualifications of the examiner;
(b)the date upon which that person last practised the carrying out of the duties referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) of this Schedule;
(c)the operator's conclusions based on each such test and practice as to that person's competence to perform his duties;
(d)the date, particulars of any decision taken by the operator during the said period in pursuance of paragraph 1(5)(a)(i) of this Schedule including particulars of the evidence upon which that decision was based.
(2)The operator shall whenever called upon to do so by any authorised person produce for the inspection of any person so authorised all records referred to in the preceding subparagraph and furnish to any such person all such information as he may require in connection with any such records and produce for his inspection all log-books, certificates, papers and other documents whatsoever which he may reasonably require to see for the purpose of determining whether such records are complete or of verifying the accuracy of their contents.
(3)The operator shall at the request of any person in respect of whom he is required to keep records as furnish to that person, or to any operator of aircraft for the purpose of public transport by whom that person may subsequently be employed, particulars of any qualifications in accordance with this Schedule obtained by such person whilst in his service.

Part C – Weight and performance (Regulation 28)

1.
(1)In assessing the ability of an aeroplane to comply with condition (7) in paragraph 2, conditions (4) and (5) of paragraph 3, and condition (2)(i)(b) and and (2)(ii) of paragraph 3, account may be taken of any reduction of the weight of the aeroplane which may be achieved after the failure of a power unit by such jettisoning of fuel as is feasible and prudent in the circumstances of the flight and in accordance with the flight manual included in the certificate of airworthiness relating to the aircraft.
(2)In this Part of the Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—"altitude" means either—
(i)the pressure altitude in the international standard atmosphere appropriate to the elevation of the aerodrome; or
(ii)the ambient pressure altitude (actual or forecast as appropriate); or
(iii)a statistically derived notified pressure altitude for the particular aerodrome (a declared pressure altitude);
"specified" in relation to an aircraft means specified in, or ascertainable by reference to—
(a)the certificate of airworthiness in force under these regulations in respect of that aircraft; or
(b)the flight manual or performance schedule in that certificate; or
(c)the approved operations manual;
"the emergency distance available" means the distance from the point on the surface of the aerodrome at which the aeroplane can commence its take-off run to the nearest point in the direction of take-off at which the aeroplane cannot roll over the surface of the aerodrome and be brought to rest in an emergency without risk of accident;"landing distance available" means the distance from the point on the surface of the aerodrome above which the aeroplane can commence its landing, having regard to the obstructions in its approach path, to the nearest point in the direction of landing at which the surface of the aerodrome is incapable of bearing the weight of the aeroplane under normal operating conditions or at which there is an obstacle capable of affecting the safety of the aeroplane;"take-off distance available" means either the distance from the point on the surface of the aerodrome at which the aeroplane can commence its take-off run to the nearest obstacle in the direction of take-off projecting above the surface of the aerodrome and capable of affecting the safety of the aeroplane or one and one half times the take-off run available, whichever is the less;"take-off run available" means the distance from the point on the surface of the aerodrome at which the aeroplane can commence its take-off run to the nearest point in the direction of take-off at which the surface of the aerodrome is incapable of bearing the weight of the aeroplane under normal operating conditions.
(3)For the purposes of this Part of the Schedule—
(a)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run shall be taken to be its gross weight including everything and everyone carried in or on it at the commencement of the take-off run;
(b)the landing weight of the aeroplane shall be taken to be the weight of the aeroplane at the estimated time of landing allowing for the weight of the fuel and oil expected to be used on the flight to the aerodrome at which it is intended to land or any alternate aerodrome, as the case may be;
(c)where any distance referred to in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph has been declared in respect of any aerodrome by the authority responsible for regulating air navigation over the territory of the Contracting State in which the aerodrome is situated, and in the case of an aerodrome in Tanzania notified, that distance shall be deemed to be the relevant distance;
(d)nothing in this part shall apply to any aircraft flying solely for the purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft.
2.Weight and Performance of Public Transport Aeroplanes Having no Performance Group Classification in their Certifications of AirworthinessAn aeroplane registered in Tanzania in respect of which there is in force under these regulations a certificate of airworthiness which does not include a performance group classification shall not fly for the purpose of public transport, unless the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run is such that such of the following conditions as apply to that aircraft are satisfied:Conditions (1) and (2) apply to all aeroplanes to which paragraph (2) applies.Conditions (3) to (9) apply to all aeroplanes to which paragraph (2) applies—
(i)of which the specified maximum total weight authorised exceeds 5,700 kg; or
(ii)of which the specified maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 5,700 kg,
and which comply with neither condition (1)(a) nor condition (1)(b).Conditions (10) to (17) inclusive apply to all aeroplanes to which paragraph 2 applies, of which the specified maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 5,700 kg. and which comply with condition (1)(a) or condition (1)(b) or with both these conditions.

All aeroplanes

(1)Either—
(a)the wing loading of the aeroplanes does not exceed 10 kg. per square cm; or
(b)the stalling speed of the aeroplane in the landing configuration does not exceed 60 knots; or
(c)the aeroplane, with any one of its power units inoperative and the remaining power unit or units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, is capable of a gradient of climb of at least 1 in 200 at an altitude of 5,000 feet in the specified International Standard Atmosphere.
(2)The weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run does not exceed—
(i)the maximum take-off weight, if any, specified for the altitude and the air temperature at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made; or
(ii)the weight ascertained as the result of flight tests undertaken by the Director-General, which may be approved having regard to the having regard to the characteristics of the aerodrome.

Aeroplanes of a specified maximum total weight authorised exceeding 5,700 kg. and aeroplanes of a specified maximum total weight authorised not exceeding 5,700 kg. which comply with neither condition (1)(a) nor condition (1)(b)

(3)
(a)the distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet, with all power units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified, does not exceed the take-off run available at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(b)the distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet with all power units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified, when multiplied by a factor of either 33 for aeroplanes having two power units or by a factor of 1.18 for aeroplanes having four power units does not exceed the emergency distance available at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(c)for the purposes of subparagraphs (a) and (b) the distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet shall be that appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the air temperature at the aerodrome;
(iv)the slope of the surface of the aerodrome in the direction of take-off over the take-off run available and the emergency distance available respectively;
(v)the conditions at the surface of the runway at which the take-off will be made.
(4)
(a)The take-off flight path with one power unit in operative and the remaining power unit or units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified, appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane run at the commencement of the take-off;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the air temperature at the aerodrome;
(iv)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of take-off, and plotted from a point 50 feet above the end of the appropriate factored distance required for take-off under condition (3)(b) of this regulation at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made, shows that the aeroplane will clear any obstacle in its path by a vertical interval of at least 35 feet; except that if it is intended that an aeroplane shall change its direction by more than 15" the vertical interval shall be not less than 50 feet during the change of direction.
(b)For the purpose of subparagraph (4)(a) an obstacle shall be deemed to be in the path of the aeroplane if the distance from the obstacle to the nearest point on the ground below the intended line of flight does not exceed—
(i)when the take-off flight path is to be conducted in Instrument Meteorological conditions:
(aa)a distance of 60m plus half the wing span of the aeroplane plus one-eighth of the distance from such point to the end of the take-off distance available, measured along the intended line of flight; or
(bb)1,500 m,
whichever is the less.
(ii)when the take-off flight path is to be conducted in Visual Meteorological Conditions:
(aa)
60mplus half the wing span of the aeroplane;
(bb)in assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition, it shall not be assumed to make a change of direction of a radius less than a radius of steady turn corresponding to an angle of bank of 15°:
Provided that condition (4) shall not apply at those aerodromes where—
(i)adequate survey information is not available; and
(ii)flight tests, undertaken and approved by the Director-General show that safe operation can be carried out by conforming to a specified visual procedure.
(5)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, in the event of any one power unit becoming inoperative at any point on its route or on any planned diversion therefrom and with the other power units or unit operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, be capable of continuing the flight either—
(a)at or above the minimum flight levels notified for the route area or zone concerned; or
(b)[by] clearing all obstacles within 10 nautical miles either side of the intended track by a vertical interval of at least—
(i)1,000 feet when the gradient of the flight path is not less than zero; or
(ii)2,000 feet when the gradient of the flight path is less than zero so as to reach an aerodrome at which it can comply with condition (9) at a suitable height for landing.
(6)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight at any point on its route or on any planned diversion therefrom be capable of climbing at a gradient of at least 1 in 50, with all power units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, at the following altitudes:
(a)the minimum altitudes for safe flight on each stage of the route to be flown or of any planned diversion specified in, or calculated from the information contained in the operations manual relating to the aeroplane; and
(b)the minimum altitudes necessary for compliance with conditions (5) and (7), as appropriate.
(7)If on the route to be flown or any planned diversion, the aeroplane be engaged in a flight over water during which at any point it may be more than 90 minutes' flying time in still air from the nearest shore, it will in the event of two power units becoming inoperative during such time and with the other power units or unit operating within the maximum continuous power conditions, specified be capable of continuing the flight having regard to the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, clearing all obstacles within 10 nautical miles, either side of the intended track by vertical intervals of at least 1,000 feet to an aerodrome at which a safe landing can be made.
(8)The landing weight of the aeroplane will not exceed the maximum landing weight, if any, specified for the altitude and the expected air temperature for the estimated time of landing at the aerodrome at which it is intended to land and at any alternate aerodrome.
(9)The distance required by the aeroplane to land from a height of 50 feet does not, at the aerodrome at which it is intended to land and at any alternate aerodrome, exceed 70 percent of the landing distance available on the most suitable runway for a landing in still air conditions, and on the runway that may be required for land because of the forecast wing conditions; and for the purposes of runway that may be required for this condition the distance required to land from a height of 50 feet shall be taken to be that specified as being appropriate to—
(a)the landing weight;
(b)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(c)the temperature in the specified International Standard Atmosphere appropriate to the altitude at the aerodrome;
(d)
(i)a level surface in the case of runways usable in both directions;
(ii)the average slope of the runway in the case of runways usable in only one direction; and
(e)
(i)still air conditions in the case of the most suitable runway for landing in still air conditions;
(ii)not more than 50 percent of the forecast wind component opposite to the direction of landing or not less than 150 percent of the forecast wind component of landing in the case of the runway that may be required for landing because of forecast wind conditions.
Aeroplanes of a specified maximum total weight authorised not exceeding 5,700 kg. and which comply with either condition (1)(b), or with both those conditions.
(10)If the aeroplane is engaged in a flight at night or when the cloud ceiling or visibility prevailing at the aerodrome of departure and forecast for the estimated time of landing at the aerodrome of destination or at any alternate aerodrome, are less than 500 feet and 3 nautical miles respectively, it will, with any one of its power units inoperative and the remaining power unit or units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, be capable of maintaining an altitude of 1,000 feet above all obstacles within 10 nautical miles of the relevant aerodromes.
(11)
(a)The distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet with all power units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified does not exceed the take-off run available at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(b)the distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet, with all power units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified, when multiplied by a factor of 1.33 does not exceed the emergency distance available at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(c)for the purposes of subparagraph (a) and (b) the distance required by the aeroplane to attain a height of 50 feet shall be that appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the temperature in the specified International Standard Atmosphere appropriate to the altitude at the aerodrome, or if greater, the air appropriate to the altitude at the aerodrome, or if greater, the air temperature at the aerodrome less than 15° Centigrade;
(iv)the slope of the surface of the aerodrome in the direction of take-off over the take-off run available and the emergency distance over the take-off run available and the emergency distance respectively; and
(v)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of take-off.
(12)The take-off flight path, with all power units operating within the maximum take-off power conditions specified appropriate to—
(a)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(b)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(c)the temperature in the specified International Standard Atmosphere appropriate to the altitude at the aerodrome, or if greater, the air temperature at the aerodrome less than 15° Centigrade; and
(d)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of take-off,
and plotted from a point 50 feet above the end of the factored distance required for take-off under condition (11)(b), at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made shows that the aeroplane will clear any obstacle lying within 60 m plus half the wing span of the aeroplane on either side of its path by a vertical interval of at least 35 feet. In assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition it shall not be assumed to make a change of direction of a radius of steady turn corresponding to an angle of bank of 15°:Provided that condition (1) shall not apply to those aerodromes where—
(i)adequate survey information is not available; and
(ii)flight tests, undertaken and approved by the Director-General, show that safe operation can be carried out by conforming to a special visual procedure.
(13)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, in the event of any one power unit becoming inoperative at any point on its route or on any planned diversion and with the other power unit or units, if any, operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, be capable of continuing the flight so as to reach a point above a place at which safe landing can be made at a suitable height for such landing.
(14)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight at any point on its route or any planned diversion, be capable of climbing at a gradient of at least 1 in 50, with all power units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, at the following altitudes—
(a)the minimum altitudes for safe flight on each stage of the route to be flown on any planned diversion therefrom specified in, or calculated from, the information contained in the operations manual relating to the aeroplane; and
(b)the minimum altitudes necessary for compliance with condition (13).
(15)If on the route to be flown or any planned diversion the aeroplane will be engaged in a flight over water during which at any point it may be more than 30 minutes' flying time in still air from the nearest shore, it will, in the event of one power unit becoming inoperative during such time and with the other power unit or units operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, be capable of climbing at a gradient of at least 1 in 200 at an altitude of 5,000 feet in the specified International Standard Atmosphere.
(16)The landing weight of the aeroplane will not exceed the maximum landing weight, if any, specified for the altitude and the expected air temperature for the estimated time of landing at the aerodrome at which it is intended to land and at any alternate aerodrome.
(17)The distance required by the aeroplane to land from a height of 50 feet does not, at the aerodrome at which it is intended to land and at any alternate aerodrome, exceed 70 percent, or, if a visual approach and landing will be possible in the meteorological conditions forecast for the estimated time of landing, 80 percent, of the landing distance available on—
(a)the most suitable runway for a landing in still air conditions; and
(b)the runway that may be required for landing because of the forecast wind conditions,the distance required to land from a height of 50 feet being taken to be that appropriate to—
(i)the landing weight;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the temperature in the specified International Standard Atmosphere appropriate to the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iv)
(aa)level surface in the case of runways usable in both directions;
(bb)the average slope of runway in the case of runways usable in only one direction; and
(v)
(aa)the still air conditions in the case of the most suitable runway for a landing in still air conditions;
(bb)not more than 50 percent of the forecast wind component opposite to the direction of landing or not less than 150 percent of the forecast wind component in the direction of landing in the case of the runway that may be required for landing because of the forecast wind conditions.
3.Weight and Performance of Public Transport Aeroplanes Classified as Aeroplanes of Performance Group A in their Certificate of Airworthiness
(a)An Aeroplane registered in Tanzania in respect of which there is in force under these Regulations a Certificate of Airworthiness in which the aeroplane is designated as being of performance group A shall not fly for the purpose of public transport except for the sole purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft, unless the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run is such that the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)That the weight does not exceed the maximum take-off weight for altitude and temperature specified for the altitude and the air temperature at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made.
(2)The take-off run, take-off distance and the emergency distance respectively required for take-off, specified as being appropriate to—
(a)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(b)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(c)the air temperature at the aerodrome;
(d)the condition of the surface of the runway at which the take-off will be made;
(e)the slope of the surface of the aerodrome in the direction of the take-off over the take-off run available, the take-off distance available and the emergency distance available, respectively; and
(f)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of the take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of take-off,
do not exceed the take-off run, the take-off distance and the emergency distance available, respectively, at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made; in ascertaining the emergency distances required the point at which the pilot is assumed to decide to discontinue the take-off shall not be nearer to the start of the take-off run than the point at which, in ascertaining the take-off run required and the take-off distance required, he is assumed to decide to continue the take-off, in the event of power unit failure—
(i)the most suitable runway for a landing in still air condition; and
(ii)the runway that may be required for landing because of the forecast wind conditions:
Provided that if an alternate aerodrome is designated in the flight plan the specified landing distance required may be that appropriate to an alternate aerodrome when assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition at the aerodrome when assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition at the aerodrome of destination in respect of the runway that may be required for landing because of the forecast wind conditions.
(b)For the purposes of subparagraph (a) hereof the landing distance required shall be that specified as being appropriate to:
(i)the landing weight;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the temperature in the Specified International Standard Atmosphere appropriate to altitude at the aerodrome;
(iv)
(aa)a level surface in the case of runways unusable in both directions;
(bb)the average slope of the runway in the case of runway usable in only one direction; and
(v)
(aa)still air conditions in the case of the most suitable runway for landing in still air conditions;
(bb)not more than 50 percent of the forecast wind component opposite to the direction of landing or not less than 150 percent of the forecast wind component in the direction of landing in the case of the runway that may be required for landing because of the forecast wind conditions.
4.Weight and Performance of Public Transport Aeroplane Classified as Aeroplanes of Performance Group C or of Performance Group D in their Certificate of Airworthiness
(1)An aeroplane registered in Tanzania in respect of which there is in force under these Regulations a Certificate of Airworthiness in which the aeroplane is designated as being of performance group C or of performance group D shall not fly for the purpose of public transport, except for the sole purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft, unless the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run is such that the following conditions are satisfied—
(a)that the weight does not exceed the maximum take-off weight specified for the altitude and the air temperature at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(b)the take-off run required specified as being appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the air temperature at the aerodrome;
(iv)the average slope of the surface of the aerodrome in the direction of the take-off over the emergency distance available;
(v)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of the take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of the take-off,
do not exceed the take-off run available and the emergency distance available, respectively, at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made;
(c)the net take-off flight path with all power units operating, specified as being appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome.
(2)
(a)The net take-off flight path with one power unit inoperative, specified as being appropriate to—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the air temperature at the aerodrome; and
(iv)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of the take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of the take-off,
and plotted from a point 35 feet, as appropriate, above the end of the take-off distance required at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made to a height of 1,500 feet above the aerodrome, shows that the aeroplane will clear any obstacle in its path by a vertical interval of at least 35 feet, except that if it is intended that the aeroplane shall change its direction of flight by more than 15° the vertical interval shall not be less than 50 feet during the change of direction.
(b)For the purpose of subparagraph (a) an obstacle shall be deemed to be in the path of the aeroplane if the distance from the obstacle to the nearest point on the ground below the intended line of flight of the aeroplane does not exceed—
(i)when the take-off flight path is to be conducted in Instrument Meteorological Conditions—
(aa)a distance of 60 metres plus half the wing span of the aeroplane plus one-eighth of the distance from such point to the end of the take-off distance available measured along the intended line of flight of the aeroplane; or
(bb)1,500 metres, whichever is the less;
(ii)when the take-off flight path is to be conducted in Visual Meteorological Conditions.
(c)In assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition it shall not be assumed to make a change of direction of a radius less than the unspecified radius of steady turn.
(3)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, in the event of any one power unit becoming inoperative at any point on its route or on any planned diversion therefrom and with the other power units or unit operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified, be capable of continuing the flight, clearing by a vertical interval of at least 2,000 feet obstacles within 5 nautical miles either side of the intended track, to an aerodrome at which it can comply with condition (7) in this paragraph relating to an alternate aerodrome and on arrival over such aerodrome the gradient of the specified net flight path with one power unit inoperative shall not be less than zero at 1,500 feet above the aerodrome, and in assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition it shall not be assumed to be capable of flight at an altitude exceeding the specified maximum permissible altitude for power unit restarting.
5.The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight in the event of any two power units becoming inoperative at any point along the route or on any planned diversion more than 90 minutes' flying time in still air at the all power units operating economical cruising speed from the nearest aerodrome at which it can comply with condition (7) in this paragraph, relating to an alternate aerodrome, be capable of continuing the flight with all other power units operating within the specified maximum continuous power conditions, clearing by a vertical interval of at lest 2,000 feet obstacles within 5 nautical miles either side of the intended track to such an aerodrome, and on arrival over such aerodrome the gradient of the specified net flight path with two power units inoperative shall not be less than zero at 1,500 feet above the aerodrome; and in assessing the ability of the aeroplane to satisfy this condition it shall not be assumed to be capable of flying at an altitude exceeding the specified maximum permissible altitude for power unit restarting.[please note: numbering as in original.]
6.The landing weight of the aeroplane will not exceed the maximum landing weight specified for the altitude and the expected air temperature for the estimated time of landing at the aerodrome at which it is intended to land or at any alternate aerodrome.
7.
(a)The landing distances required, respectively specified as being appropriate to aerodromes of destination and alternate aerodromes, do not exceed at the aerodrome which it is intended to land or at any alternate aerodrome, as the case may be, the landing distance available on—
(i)the weight of the aeroplane at the commencement of the take-off run;
(ii)the altitude at the aerodrome;
(iii)the air temperature at the aerodrome; and
(iv)not more than 50 percent of the reported wind component opposite to the direction of the take-off or not less than 150 percent of the reported wind component in the direction of the take-off,
and plotted from a point 50 feet above the end of the take-off distance required at the aerodrome at which the take-off is to be made to the point at which the aeroplane reaches the minimum altitude for safe flight on the first stage of the route to be flown, stated in or calculated from the information contained in the operations manual relating to the aircraft, shows that the aeroplane will clear by a safe margin any obstacles the distance from which to the nearest point on the ground below the intended line of flight of the aeroplane does not exceed 60m. plus half the wing span of the aeroplane in assessing the lability of the aeroplane. To satisfy this condition it shall not be assumed to make a change of direction of a radius less than the specified radius of steady turn.
(b)The aeroplane will, if it is designated in its certificate of airworthiness as an aeroplane of performance group C and if it is necessary for it to be flown solely by reference to instruments for any period before reaching the minimum altitude for safe flight on the first stage of the route to be flown, stated in, or calculated from the information contained in, the operation manual, during such period also satisfy condition 3.
(c)The aeroplane will, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight in the event of any one power unit becoming inoperative at any point on its route or on any planned diversion therefrom, and with the other power units or power unit, if any, operating within the specified maximum continuous power conditions—
(i)in the case of an aeroplane designated as an aeroplane of performance Group C, be capable of continuing the flight at altitudes not less than the relevant minimum altitudes for safe flight stated in, or calculated from the information contained in, the operations manual, to a point 1,500 feet above a place at which safe landing can be made;
(ii)in the case of in aeroplane designated as an aeroplane of performance Group E be capable of continuing the flight at altitudes not less than the relevant minimum altitudes for safe civil flight stated in, or calculated from the information contain in, the operations manual, to a point 1,500 feet above an aerodrome at which a safe landing can be made and after arrival at that point, be capable of maintaining that height;
(iii)in the case of an aeroplane designated as an aeroplane of performance group D, be capable of continuing the flight to 1,000 feet above a place at which safe landing can be made: