SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS
ANNEX VIII (Part-SPO) · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · SPO.POL.100 – SPO.POL.146
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SPO.POL.100 Operating limitations – all aircraft
During any phase of operation, the loading, the mass and the centre of gravity (CG) position of the aircraft shall comply with any limitation specified…
SPO.POL.105 Mass and balance
The operator shall ensure that the mass and the CG of the aircraft have been established by actual weighing prior to the initial entry into service of…
SPO.POL.110 Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft
The operator shall establish a mass and balance system to determine for each flight or series of flights the following:
SPO.POL.115 Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and noncommercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft
The operator shall establish mass and balance data and produce mass and balance documentation prior to each flight, or series of flights, specifying the…
SPO.POL.116 Mass and balance data and documentation – alleviations
Notwithstanding SPO.POL.115(a)(5), the CG position may not need not be on the mass and balance documentation, if the load distribution is in accordance…
SPO.POL.120 Performance – general
The pilot-in-command shall only operate the aircraft if the performance is adequate to comply with the applicable rules of the air and any other…
SPO.POL.125 Take-off mass limitations – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
The operator shall ensure that: the mass of the aeroplane at the start of take-off shall not exceed the mass limitations:
SPO.POL.130 Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
When determining the maximum take-off mass, the pilot-in-command shall take the following into account:
AMC1 SPO.POL.130(a) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
AMC1 SPO.POL.130(a)(4) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
GM1 SPO.POL.130(a)(4) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
AMC1 SPO.POL.130(b)(2) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
GM1 SPO.POL.130(b)(2) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
SPO.POL.135 En-route – one engine inoperative – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
The pilot-in-command shall ensure that in the event of an engine becoming inoperative at any point along the route, a multi-engined aeroplane shall be…
SPO.POL.140 Landing – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
The pilot-in-command shall ensure that at any aerodrome or operating site, after clearing all obstacles in the approach path by a safe margin, the…
AMC1 SPO.POL.140 Landing – complex motor-powered aeroplanes
SPO.POL.145 Performance and operating criteria – aeroplanes
When operating an aeroplane at a height of less than 150 m (500 ft) above a non-congested area, for operations of aeroplanes that are not able to sustain…
SPO.POL.146 Performance and operating criteria – helicopters
The pilot-in-command may operate an aircraft over congested areas provided that:
AMC1 SPO.POL.146(c) Performance and operating criteria – helicopters
GM1 SPO.POL.146(c) Performance and operating criteria – helicopters
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