NCC.IDE.A.120 Operations under VFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

ANNEX VI (Part-NCC) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

IRImplementing rule

NCC.IDE.A.120Operations under VFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

(a)Aeroplanes operated under VFR by day shall be equipped with a means of measuring and displaying the following:

(1)magnetic-heading;

(2)time in hours, minutes and seconds;

(3)barometric altitude;

(4)indicated airspeed;

(5)slip; and

(6)Mach number whenever speed limitations are expressed in terms of Mach number.

(b)Aeroplanes operated under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) over water and out of sight of the land, or under VMC at night, or in conditions where the aeroplane cannot be maintained in a desired flight path without reference to one or more additional instruments, shall be, in addition to (a), equipped with:

(1)a means of measuring and displaying the following:

(i)turn and slip;

(ii)attitude;

(iii)vertical speed; and

(iv)stabilised heading;

(2)a means of indicating when the supply of power to the gyroscopic instruments is not adequate; and

(3)a means of preventing malfunction of the airspeed indicating system required in (a)(4) due to condensation or icing.

(c)Whenever two pilots are required for the operation, aeroplanes shall be equipped with an additional separate means of displaying the following:

(1)barometric altitude;

(2)indicated airspeed;

(3)slip, or turn and slip, as applicable;

(4)attitude, if applicable;

(5)vertical speed, if applicable;

(6)stabilised heading, if applicable; and

(7)Mach number whenever speed limitations are expressed in terms of Mach number, if applicable.

IR · NCC.IDE.A.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2019/1384 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120&NCC.IDE.A.125 Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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INTEGRATED INSTRUMENTS

(a)Individual equipment requirements may be met by combinations of instruments, by integrated flight systems or by a combination of parameters on electronic displays. The information so available to each required pilot should not be less than that required in the applicable operational requirements, and the equivalent safety of the installation should be approved during type certification of the aeroplane for the intended type of operation.

(b)The means of measuring and indicating turn and slip, aeroplane attitude and stabilised aeroplane heading may be met by combinations of instruments or by integrated flight director systems, provided that the safeguards against total failure, inherent in the three separate instruments, are retained.

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC2 NCC.IDE.A.120Operations under VFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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LOCAL FLIGHTS For flights that do not exceed 60 minutes’ duration, that take off and land at the same aerodrome and that remain within 50 NM of that aerodrome, an equivalent means of complying with NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(5) & (b)(1)(i) may be:

(a)a turn and slip indicator;

(b)a turn coordinator; or

(c)both an attitude indicator and a slip indicator.

AMC · AMC2 NCC.IDE.A.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(1)&NCC.IDE.A.125(a)(1) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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MEANS OF MEASURING AND DISPLAYING MAGNETIC HEADING The means of measuring and displaying magnetic heading should be a magnetic compass or equivalent.

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(1) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(2)&NCC.IDE.A.125(a)(2) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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MEANS OF MEASURING AND DISPLAYING THE TIME An acceptable means of compliance is a clock displaying hours, minutes and seconds, with a sweep-second pointer or digital presentation.

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(2) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(3)&NCC.IDE.A.125(a)(3) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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CALIBRATION OF THE MEANS FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING PRESSURE ALTITUDE The instrument measuring and displaying barometric altitude should be of a sensitive type calibrated in feet (ft), with a sub-scale setting, calibrated in hectopascals/millibars, adjustable for any barometric pressure likely to be set during flight.

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(3) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2019/019/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(4)&NCC.IDE.A.125(a)(4) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(4)&NCC.IDE.A.125(a)(4) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

CALIBRATION OF THE INSTRUMENT INDICATING AIRSPEED The instrument indicating airspeed should be calibrated in knots (kt).

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(a)(4) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(c)&NCC.IDE.A.125(c) Operations under VFR & operations under IFR — flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

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MULTI-PILOT OPERATIONS – DUPLICATE INSTRUMENTS Duplicate instruments include separate displays for each pilot and separate selectors or other associated equipment where appropriate.

AMC · AMC1 NCC.IDE.A.120(c) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/021/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

All rules in SUBPART D: INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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