SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS
ANNEX IV (Part-CAT) · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · CAT.POL.A.100 – CAT.POL.MAB.110
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CAT.POL.A.100 Performance classes
The aeroplane shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance class requirements.
CAT.POL.A.105 General
The mass of the aeroplane: at the start of the take-off; or (2) in the event of in-flight replanning, at the point from which the revised operational…
CAT.POL.A.200 General
The approved performance data in the AFM shall be supplemented as necessary with other data if the approved performance data in the AFM is insufficient…
CAT.POL.A.205 Take-off
The take-off mass shall not exceed the maximum take-off mass specified in the AFM for the pressure altitude and the ambient temperature at the aerodrome…
CAT.POL.A.210 Take-off obstacle clearance
The net take-off flight path shall be determined in such a way that the aeroplane clears all obstacles by a vertical distance of at least 35 ft or by a…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.210 Take-off obstacle clearance
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.210 Take-off obstacle clearance
CAT.POL.A.215 En-route – one-engine-inoperative (OEI)
The OEI en-route net flight path data shown in the AFM, appropriate to the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, shall allow demonstration…
CAT.POL.A.220 En-route – aeroplanes with three or more engines, two engines inoperative
An aeroplane that has three or more engines shall not be away from an aerodrome at which the requirements of points CAT.POL.A.230 or CAT.POL.A.235(a) for…
CAT.POL.A.225 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with CAT.POL.A.105(a) shall not exceed the maximum landing mass specified for the altitude and…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.225 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.225 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
GM1 CAT.POL.A.225 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
CAT.POL.A.230 Landing – dry runways
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with point CAT.POL.A.105(a) for the estimated time of landing at the destination aerodrome and…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.230 Landing — dry runways
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.230 Landing — dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.230 Landing – dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.230 & CAT.POL.A.235 Landing — dry runways & Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM2 CAT.POL.A.230 & CAT.POL.A.235 Landing — dry runways & Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.A.235 Landing – wet and contaminated runways
When the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or both, indicate that the runway at the estimated time of arrival may be wet, the LDA shall be one of…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.235 Landing — dry runways
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.235 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.235(a) and (b) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.235(a)(1) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.235(a)(3) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.A.240 Approval of operations with increased bank angles
Operations with increased bank angles require prior approval by the competent authority.
CAT.POL.A.245 Approval of steep approach operations
Steep approach operations using glideslope angles of 4,5° or more and with screen heights of less than 60 ft, but not less than 35 ft, require prior…
CAT.POL.A.250 Approval of short landing operations
Short landing operations require prior approval by the competent authority.
CAT.POL.A.255 Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
An aeroplane operator may conduct landing operations within 80 % of the landing distance available (LDA) if it complies with the following conditions:
GM1 CAT.POL.A.255(a)(2) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.255(a)(3) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(1) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(iv) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(iv) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(iv) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM2 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(iv) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(v) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(v) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(vi) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(vi) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(vii) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.255(b)(2)(ix) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
CAT.POL.A.300 General
Unless approved by the competent authority in accordance with Annex V (Part-SPA), Subpart L — SINGLE- ENGINED TURBINE AEROPLANE OPERATIONS AT NIGHT OR IN…
CAT.POL.A.305 Take-off
The take-off mass shall not exceed the maximum take-off mass specified in the AFM for the pressure altitude and the ambient temperature at the aerodrome…
CAT.POL.A.310 Take-off obstacle clearance – multi-engined aeroplanes
The take-off flight path of aeroplanes with two or more engines shall be determined in such a way that the aeroplane clears all obstacles by a vertical…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.310 Take-off obstacle clearance – multi-engined aeroplanes
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.310 Take-off obstacle clearance – multi-engined aeroplanes
GM1 CAT.POL.A.310 Take-off obstacle clearance – multi-engined aeroplanes
GM2 CAT.POL.A.310 Take-off obstacle clearance – multi-engined aeroplanes
CAT.POL.A.315 En-route – multi-engined aeroplanes
The aeroplane, in the meteorological conditions expected for the flight and in the event of the failure of one engine, with the remaining engines…
CAT.POL.A.320 En-route – single-engined aeroplanes
In the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, and in the event of engine failure, the aeroplane shall be capable of reaching a place at which…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.320 En-route – single-engined aeroplanes
CAT.POL.A.325 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with CAT.POL.A.105(a) shall not exceed the maximum landing mass specified for the altitude and…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.325 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
CAT.POL.A.330 Landing – dry runways
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with point CAT.POL.A.105(a) for the estimated time of landing at the destination aerodrome and…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.330 Landing – dry runways
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.330 Landing – dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.330 Landing — dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.330(a) Landing — dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.330 & CAT.POL.A.335 Landing — dry runways & Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.A.335 Landing – wet and contaminated runways
When the appropriate weather reports or forecasts indicate that the runway at the estimated time of arrival may be wet, the LDA shall be one of the…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.335 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.335 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM2 CAT.POL.A.335 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.335(a)(1) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.335(a)(3) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.A.340 Take-off and landing climb requirements
The operator of a two-engined aeroplane shall fulfil the following take-off and landing climb requirements.
CAT.POL.A.345 Approval of steep approach operations
Steep approach operations using glideslope angles of 4,5° or more and with screen heights of less than 60 ft, but not less than 35 ft, require prior…
CAT.POL.A.350 Approval of short landing operations
Short landing operations require prior approval by the competent authority.
CAT.POL.A.355 Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
Operations with a landing mass of the aeroplane that allows a full-stop landing within 80 % of the landing distance available (LDA) require prior…
GM1 CAT.POL.A.355(b) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(4) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(5) and (b)(6) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(7) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(7) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(8)(i) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(8)(i) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
GM1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(8)(ii) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(9) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.355(b)(11) Approval of reduced required landing distance operations
CAT.POL.A.400 Take-off
The take-off mass shall not exceed the maximum take-off mass specified in the AFM for the pressure altitude and the ambient temperature at the aerodrome…
CAT.POL.A.405 Take-off obstacle clearance
The take-off flight path with OEI shall be determined such that the aeroplane clears all obstacles by a vertical distance of at least 50 ft plus 0,01 ×…
CAT.POL.A.410 En-route – all engines operating
In the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, at any point on its route or on any planned diversion therefrom, the aeroplane shall be capable…
CAT.POL.A.415 En-route – OEI
In the meteorological conditions expected for the flight, in the event of any one engine becoming inoperative at any point on its route or on any planned…
CAT.POL.A.420 En-route – aeroplanes with three or more engines, two engines inoperative
An aeroplane that has three or more engines shall not be away from an aerodrome at which the requirements of point CAT.POL.A.430 for the expected landing…
CAT.POL.A.425 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with CAT.POL.A.105(a) shall not exceed the maximum landing mass specified in the AFM for the…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.425 Landing – destination and alternate aerodromes
CAT.POL.A.430 Landing – dry runways
The landing mass of the aeroplane determined in accordance with CAT.POL.A.105(a) for the estimated time of landing at the destination aerodrome and any…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.430 Landing – dry runways
AMC2 CAT.POL.A.430 Landing – dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.430 Landing – dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.430(a) Landing — dry runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.430 & CAT.POL.A.435 Landing — dry runways & Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.A.435 Landing – wet and contaminated runways
When the appropriate weather reports or forecasts indicate that the runway at the estimated time of arrival may be wet, the LDA shall be one of the…
AMC1 CAT.POL.A.435 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.435 Landing — wet and contaminated runways
GM1 CAT.POL.A.435(a)(1) Landing — wet and contaminated runways
CAT.POL.H.100 Applicability
Helicopters shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance class requirements.
CAT.POL.H.105 General
The mass of the helicopter: at the start of the take-off; or (2) in the event of in-flight replanning, at the point from which the revised operational…
CAT.POL.H.110 Obstacle accountability
For the purpose of obstacle clearance requirements, an obstacle located beyond the FATO, in the take-off flight path, or the missed approach flight path…
CAT.POL.H.200 General
Helicopters operated in performance class 1 shall be certified in category A or equivalent as determined by the Agency.
CAT.POL.H.205 Take-off
The take-off mass shall not exceed the maximum take-off mass specified in the AFM for the procedure to be used.
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.205(b)(4) Take-off
GM1 CAT.POL.H.205(b)(4) Take-off
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.205(e) Take-off
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.205 & CAT.POL.H.220 Take-off and landing
CAT.POL.H.210 Take-off flight path
From the end of the TODRH with the critical engine failure recognised at the TDP:
CAT.POL.H.215 En-route – critical engine inoperative
The mass of the helicopter and the flight path at all points along the route, with the critical engine inoperative and the meteorological conditions…
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.215(a)(1) ;(a)(2) En-route – critical engine inoperative
GM1 CAT.POL.H.215(a)(3) En-route – critical engine inoperative
GM1 CAT.POL.H.215(b)(3) En-route — critical engine inoperative
CAT.POL.H.220 Landing
The landing mass of the helicopter at the estimated time of landing shall not exceed the maximum mass specified in the AFM for the procedure to be used.
CAT.POL.H.225 Helicopter operations to/from a public interest site
Operations to/from a public interest site (PIS) may be conducted in performance class 2, without complying with CAT.POL.H.310(b) or CAT.POL.H.325(b)…
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.225 Helicopter operations to/from a public interest site
GM1 CAT.POL.H.225 Helicopter operations to/from a public interest site
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.225(a)(5) Helicopter operations to/from a public interest site
GM1 CAT.POL.H.225(a)(6) Helicopter operations to/from a public interest site
CAT.POL.H.300 General
Helicopters operated in performance class 2 shall be certified in category A or equivalent as determined by the Agency.
GM to Section 2, Chapter 3 performance class 2
OPERATIONS IN PERFORMANCE CLASS 2 (a) Introduction This GM describes performance class 2 as established in Part-CAT.
CAT.POL.H.305 Operations without an assured safe forced landing capability
Operations without an assured safe forced landing capability during the take-off and landing phases shall only be conducted if the operator has been…
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.305(a) Operations without an assured safe forced landing capability
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.305(b) Helicopter operations without an assured safe forced landing capability
AMC2 CAT.POL.H.305(b) Helicopter operations without an assured safe forced landing capability
GM1 CAT.POL.H.305(b) Helicopter operations without an assured safe forced landing capability
CAT.POL.H.310 Take-off
The take-off mass shall not exceed the maximum mass specified for a rate of climb of 150 ft/min at 300 m (1 000 ft) above the level of the aerodrome or…
GM1 CAT.POL.H.310(c) & CAT.POL.H.325(c) Take-off and landing
GM1 CAT.POL.H.310 & CAT.POL.H.325 Take-off and landing
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.310(c)(2) and CAT.POL.H.325(c)(2) Take-off and landing
CAT.POL.H.315 Take-off flight path
From the defined point after take-off (DPATO) or, as an alternative, no later than 200 ft above the take-off surface, with the critical engine…
CAT.POL.H.320 En-route – critical engine inoperative
The requirement of CAT.POL.H.215 shall be complied with.
CAT.POL.H.325 Landing
The landing mass at the estimated time of landing shall not exceed the maximum mass specified for a rate of climb of 150 ft/min at 300 m (1 000 ft) above…
CAT.POL.H.400 General
Helicopters operated in performance class 3 shall be certified in category A or equivalent as determined by the Agency, or category B.
CAT.POL.H.405 Take-off
The take-off mass shall be the lower of: the MCTOM; or (2) the maximum take-off mass specified for a hover in ground effect with all engines operating at…
CAT.POL.H.410 En-route
The helicopter shall be able, with all engines operating within the maximum continuous power conditions, to continue along its intended route or to a…
CAT.POL.H.415 Landing
The landing mass of the helicopter at the estimated time of landing shall be the lower of:
CAT.POL.H.420 Helicopter operations over a hostile environment located outside a congested area
Operations over a non-congested hostile environment without a safe forced landing capability with turbine-powered helicopters with an MOPSC of six or…
AMC1 CAT.POL.H.420 Helicopter operations over a hostile environment located outside a congested area
GM1 CAT.POL.H.420 Helicopter operations over a hostile environment located outside a congested area
CAT.POL.MAB.100 Mass and balance, loading
During any phase of operation, the loading, mass and centre of gravity (CG) of the aircraft shall comply with the limitations specified in the AFM, or…
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.100(a) Mass and balance, loading
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.100(b) Mass and balance, loading
AMC2 CAT.POL.MAB.100(b) Mass and balance, loading
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.100(d) Mass and balance, loading
AMC2 CAT.POL.MAB.100(d) Mass and balance, loading
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.100(e) Mass and balance, loading
AMC2 CAT.POL.MAB.100(e) Mass and balance, loading
GM1 CAT.POL.MAB.100(e) Mass and balance, loading
GM2 CAT.POL.MAB.100(e) Mass and Balance, Loading
GM3 CAT.POL.MAB.100(e) Mass and balance, loading
CAT.POL.MAB.105 Mass and balance data and documentation
The operator shall establish mass and balance data and produce mass and balance documentation prior to each flight specifying the load and its…
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.105(a) Mass and balance data and documentation
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.105(b) Mass and balance data and documentation
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.105(c) Mass and balance data and documentation
AMC2 CAT.POL.MAB.105(c) Mass and balance data and documentation
GM1 CAT.POL.MAB.105(d) Mass and balance data and documentation
CAT.POL.MAB.110 Load control process
The operator shall establish and implement a load control process and associated procedures, which shall be included in the operations manual.
AMC1 CAT.POL.MAB.110 Load control process
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