NCC.GEN.140 Documents, manuals and information to be carried

GENERAL The documents, manuals and information may be available in a form other than on printed paper. An electronic storage medium is acceptable if accessibility, usability and reliability can be assured.

AFM OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT ‘Aircraft flight manual (AFM), or equivalent document’ means the flight manual for the aircraft or other documents containing information required for the operation of the aircraft within the terms of its certificate of airworthiness, unless these data are available in the parts of the operations manual carried on board.

CERTIFICATE OF AIRWORTHINESS The certificate of airworthiness should be a normal certificate of airworthiness or a restricted certificate of airworthiness issued in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements.

JOURNEY LOG OR EQUIVALENT ‘Journey log or equivalent’ means in this context that the required information may be recorded in documentation other than a log book, such as the operational flight plan or the aircraft technical log.

CURRENT AND SUITABLE AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

(a)The aeronautical charts carried should contain data appropriate to the applicable air traffic regulations, rules of the air, flight altitudes, area/route and nature of the operation. Due consideration should be given to carriage of textual and graphic representations of:

(1)aeronautical data including, as appropriate for the nature of the operation:

(i)airspace structure;

(ii)significant points, navigation aids (navaids) and air traffic services (ATS) routes;

(iii)navigation and communication frequencies;

(iv)prohibited, restricted and danger areas; and

(v)sites of other relevant activities that may hazard the flight; and

(2)topographical data, including terrain and obstacle data.

(b)A combination of different charts and textual data may be used to provide adequate and current data.

(c)The aeronautical data should be appropriate for the current aeronautical information regulation and control (AIRAC) cycle.

(d)The topographical data should be reasonably recent, having regard to the nature of the planned operation.

PROCEDURES AND VISUAL SIGNALS FOR USE BY INTERCEPTING AND INTERCEPTED AIRCRAFT The procedures and the visual signals information for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft should reflect those contained in the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) Annex 2. This may be part of the operations manual.

SEARCH AND RESCUE INFORMATION This information is usually found in the State’s aeronautical information publication.

APPROPRIATE METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The appropriate meteorological information should be relevant to the planned operation, as specified in point (a) of point MET.TR.215 of Annex V (Part MET) to Regulation (EU) 2017/373, and comprise the following:

(a)the meteorological information that is specified in point (e) of point MET.TR.215 of Part-MET; and

(b)supplemental meteorological information:

(1)information other than that specified in point (a), which should be based on data from certified meteorological service providers; or

(2)information from other reliable sources of meteorological information that should be evaluated by the operator.

DATA FROM CERTIFIED METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS In the context of point (b)(1) of AMC1 NCC.GEN.140(a)(17), the operator may consider that any meteorological information that is provided by the organisation within the scope of the meteorological information included in the flight documentation defined in point (e) of MET.TR.215 of Part-MET should originate only from authoritative sources or certified providers, and should not be transformed or tampered, except for the purpose of presenting the data in the correct format. The organisation’s process should provide assurance that the integrity of such service is preserved in the data to be used by both flight crews and operators, regardless of their form.

INFORMATION FROM OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION In the context of point (b)(2) of AMC1 NCC.GEN.140(a)(17), reliable sources of meteorological information are organisations that are able to provide an appropriate level of data assurance in terms of accuracy and integrity. The operator may consider in the evaluation that the organisation has a quality assurance system in place that covers source selection, acquisition/import, processing, validity period check, and distribution phase of data.

SUPPLEMENTAL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplemental meteorological information: when operating under specific provisions and without the meteorological information from a certified service provider, the operator should use ‘supplemental meteorological information’, such as digital imagery. Related information can be found in point (e)(4) of AMC1 CAT.OP.MPA.192. Supplementary information: it is included in point (a) of AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(18) and refers to meteorological information to be reported in specific cases such as freezing precipitation, blowing snow, thunderstorm, etc.

DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO THE FLIGHT Any other documents that may be pertinent to the flight or required by the States concerned with the flight may include, for example, forms to comply with reporting requirements.

STATES CONCERNED WITH THE FLIGHT The States concerned are those of origin, transit, overflight and destination of the flight.