AMC & GM to Part-NCO — Issue 2, Amendment 11

‘Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex VI (Part-NCO) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 — Issue 2, Amendment 11’

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SUBPART D — INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT

SECTION 1 —AEROPLANES

AMC2 NCO.IDE.A.170 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)

(a) The ELT required by this provision should be one of the following: (1) Automatic fixed (ELT(AF)). (...) (2) Automatic portable (ELT(AP)). (...) (3) Automatic deployable (ELT(AD)). An ELT that is rigidly attached to the aircraft before the crash and that is automatically ejected, deployed and activated by an impact, and, in some cases, also by waterhydrostatic sensors. Manual deployment is also provided. This type of ELT should float in water and is intended to aid SAR teams in locating the crash site. The ELT(AD) may be either a stand-alone beacon or an inseparable part of a deployable recorder. (4) Survival ELT (ELT(S)). (...) (b) (...) (...)

GM1 NCO.IDE.A.170 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)

(a) An ELT is a generic term describing equipment that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies and, depending on application, may be activated by impact or may be manually activated. (b) A PLB is an emergency beacon other than an ELT that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies, is standalone, portable and is manually activated by the survivors. GM1 CAT.IDE.A.280 contains explanations of terms used in point NCO.IDE.A.170 and in the related AMC.

SECTION 2 — HELICOPTERS

AMC2 NCO.IDE.H.170 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)

(a) The ELT required by this provision should be one of the following: (1) Automatic fixed (ELT(AF)). (...) (2) Automatic portable (ELT(AP)). (...)

(3) Automatic deployable (ELT(AD)). An ELT that is rigidly attached to the aircraft before the crash and that is automatically ejected, deployed and activated by an impact, and, in some cases, also by waterhydrostatic sensors. Manual deployment is also provided. This type of ELT should float in water and is intended to aid SAR teams in locating the crash site. The ELT(AD) may be either a stand-alone beacon or an inseparable part of a deployable recorder. (4) Survival ELT (ELT(S)). (...) (b) (...)

GM1 NCO.IDE.H.170 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT)

(a) An ELT is a generic term describing equipment that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies and, depending on application, may be activated by impact or may be manually activated. (b) A PLB is an emergency beacon other than an ELT that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies, is standalone, portable and is manually activated by the survivors. GM1 CAT.IDE.H.280 contains explanations of terms used in point NCO.IDE.H.170 and in the related AMC.