For Performance Class 3 helicopter operations, it is permitted to fly:
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A
To or from heliports in a non hostile environment where a safe forced landing is assured except in the take-off and landing phase.
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B
To or from heliports in a non hostile environment where a safe forced landing is always assured.
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C
To or from helidecks in a non hostile environment where a safe forced landing is always assured.
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D
To or from helidecks in a congested hostile environment where a safe forced landing is assured except in the take-off and landing phase.
1. According to CAT.POL.H.400 - General:
- Operations shall only be conducted in a non-hostile environment, except:
(1) when operating in accordance with helicopter operations over a hostile environment located outside a congested area; or
(2) for the take-off and landing phase, when operating in accordance with the following.
- Operations may be conducted to/from an aerodrome or operating site located outside a congested hostile environment without an assured safe forced landing capability:
(3) during take-off, before reaching Vy (speed for best rate of climb) or 200 ft above the take-off surface; or
(4) during landing, below 200 ft above the landing surface.
2. According to CAT.POL.H.405 - Take-off:
- In the event of an engine failure the helicopter shall be able to perform a safe forced landing, except as provided in CAT.POL.H.400 (3) and (4) above.
- In the event of an engine failure, the helicopter shall be able to perform a safe forced landing, except as provided in CAT.POL.H.400 (3) and (4).
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