F1ANNEX VI NON-COMMERCIAL AIR OPERATIONS WITH COMPLEX MOTOR-POWERED AIRCRAFT

[PART-NCC]

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SUBPART D INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT

SECTION 2 Helicopters

NCC.IDE.H.245 Radio communication equipment

(a) Helicopters operated under IFR or at night, or when required by the applicable airspace requirements, shall be equipped with radio communication equipment that, under normal radio propagating conditions, shall be capable of:

  1. (1)

    conducting two-way communication for aerodrome control purposes;

  2. (2)

    receiving meteorological information;

  3. (3)

    conducting two-way communication at any time during flight with those aeronautical stations and on those frequencies prescribed by the appropriate authority; and

  4. (4)

    providing for communication on the aeronautical emergency frequency 121,5 MHz.

(b)

When more than one communications equipment unit is required, each shall be independent of the other or others to the extent that a failure in any one will not result in failure of any other.

(c)

When a radio communication system is required, and in addition to the flight crew interphone system required in NCC.IDE.H.155, helicopters shall be equipped with a transmit button on the flight controls for each required pilot and crew member at his/her assigned station.