Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
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Regulations are current to 2021-01-10 and last amended on 2021-01-01. Previous Versions
Part VI — General Operating and Flight Rules (continued)
Subpart 4 — Private Operators (continued)
Division VII — Emergency Equipment (continued)
Protective Breathing Equipment
604.118 (1) No person shall conduct a take-off in a pressurized aircraft operated by a private operator that has flight attendants on board unless one unit of protective breathing equipment with a 15-minute portable supply of breathing gas at a pressure-altitude of 8,000 feet is available
(a) at the entry into each Class A, B, E and F cargo compartment accessible to crew members during flight;
(b) at the site of each hand-held fire extinguisher that is located in an isolated galley;
(c) on the flight deck; and
(d) at the site of each hand-held fire extinguisher that is required under section 604.119.
(2) If the breathing gas in the protective breathing equipment referred to in subsection (1) is oxygen, each unit of that equipment reduces by 15 minutes the crew member oxygen requirements specified in subsection 605.31(2).
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Hand-held Fire Extinguishers
604.119 No person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft operated by a private operator unless
(a) hand-held fire extinguishers are available as follows:
(i) extinguishers are distributed, in every passenger compartment configured as follows, in the numbers indicated:
(A) in a passenger compartment configured for fewer than 20 passenger seats, one extinguisher,
(B) in a passenger compartment configured for 20 to 60 passenger seats, two extinguishers,
(C) in a passenger compartment configured for 61 to 200 passenger seats, three extinguishers, and
(D) in a passenger compartment configured for 201 or more passenger seats, one additional extinguisher for each additional unit of 100 passenger seats,
(ii) one extinguisher is located at the entrance to each Class E cargo compartment that is accessible to crew members during flight, and
(iii) one extinguisher is located in each isolated galley; and
(b) if a hand-held fire extinguisher is stowed in a bin or compartment, the bin or compartment is clearly marked as containing a fire extinguisher.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
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Division VIII — Maintenance
Maintenance Manager
604.126 The maintenance manager is responsible and accountable for the maintenance control system.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Maintenance Control System
604.127 A private operator shall have, in respect of its aircraft, a maintenance control system that includes
(a) in the case of a private operator who provides the parts and materials that will be used in the performance of maintenance or elementary work, procedures to ensure that only parts and materials that meet the requirements of Subpart 71 of Part V are used, including
(b) if the private operator authorizes, for the performance of elementary work, the use of methods, techniques, practices, parts, materials, tools, equipment or test apparatuses referred to in paragraph 571.02(1)(b) or (c), the source of those methods, techniques, practices, parts, materials, tools, equipment or test apparatuses and a general description of the elementary work;
(c) procedures to ensure that the persons who perform maintenance, elementary work or servicing are authorized to do so under section 604.128;
(d) procedures to ensure that an aircraft is not returned to service unless it is
(e) a description of the defect reporting and control procedures required by section 604.129;
(f) the aircraft service information review procedures required by section 604.131;
(g) procedures to ensure that the records referred to in section 604.132 are established and retained in accordance with that section;
(h) procedures to ensure that the tasks required by a maintenance schedule or by an airworthiness directive are completed in accordance with Subpart 5 of Part VI;
(i) procedures to ensure that the particulars relating to aircraft empty weight and empty centre of gravity are entered in accordance with the requirements of Item 2 of Schedule I to Subpart 5 of Part VI;
(j) a general description of the maintenance schedule required under paragraph 605.86(1)(a) and, in the case of a turbine-powered pressurized aeroplane or a large aeroplane, the approval number of the maintenance schedule approved under subsection 605.86(2); and
(k) details of the methods used to record the maintenance, elementary work or servicing performed and to ensure that any defects are recorded in the technical records that are required to be kept under subsection 605.92(1).
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
- SOR/2019-122, s. 17
Maintenance, Elementary Work and Servicing
604.128 (1) No private operator shall authorize a person to perform maintenance or elementary work on any of its aircraft unless
(2) If a member of the private operator’s personnel performs servicing on any of the private operator’s aircraft, the private operator shall ensure that the member meets the training requirements set out in subsection 604.182(2).
(3) A private operator shall retain a copy of the written agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) for two years after the day on which the agreement comes into force.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Defect Reporting and Control Procedures
604.129 A private operator shall have procedures to ensure that
(a) aircraft defects are recorded in accordance with subsection 605.94(1);
(b) aircraft defects are rectified in accordance with the requirements of Subpart 5 of Part VI;
(c) an aircraft defect that occurs three times within 15 flights is identified and is reported as a recurring defect to the flight crew and maintenance personnel in order to avoid the repetition of unsuccessful attempts at rectification; and
(d) an aircraft defect, the rectification of which has been deferred, is scheduled for rectification.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Service Difficulty Reporting
604.130 A private operator shall report to the Minister, in accordance with Division IX of Subpart 21 of Part V, any service difficulty related to the aircraft that it operates under this Subpart.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Aircraft Service Information Review
604.131 A private operator shall have procedures to ensure that
(a) it is aware of the aircraft service information that the holder of a design approval document produces in respect of the aeronautical products used by the private operator;
(b) the aircraft service information is assessed, and the results of the assessment are signed and dated by the maintenance manager and retained for six years; and
(c) the maintenance schedule or any other procedure is, if necessary, amended in response to the assessment.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
Personnel Records
604.132 (1) A private operator shall have for its personnel a record that includes the following information:
(2) The private operator shall retain the record for two years after the day on which it was last updated.
- SOR/2014-131, s. 18
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