SAFA Ramp Inspections - Code7700

SAFA Ramp Inspection ProceduresGuidance materialInspectionItemInspections Item Title Inspecting InstructionsB05 Life jackets / FlotationdevicesCheck for presence, access, sufficient number and serviceability.Note: ICAO does not require life jackets to have an expiration (or next check) date. Operators may employ various systems tomonitor the condition of the life jackets. A life jacket or flotation device without a date does not necessarily constitute afinding. However, if the expiry date (or next inspection date) is overdue, consider it as unserviceable.Note: ICAO requires the carriage of life jackets/flotation devices only for over-water flights (see Annex 6 references below). Ifneither the inbound nor the outbound flight or series of flights are over-water flights, then findings should not be raised forthis inspection item.Note: In the case where spare life jackets have been found to be unserviceable, this should reported as a General Remark (Cat.G).InspectionItemB05 I 2 A6-I-6.5.1(a) All seaplanes for all flights shall be equipped with:Std. Cat. Std. ref. Standard’s Text Pre-described Finding PDF code Instructions for completingthe detailed descriptionA8-IIIA-8.3A8-IIIB-6.3A8-V-6.3a) one life jacket, or equivalent individual flotation device,for each person on board, stowed in a position easilyaccessible from the seat or berth of the person for whoseuse it is provided;Prescribed safety and survival equipment that the crewor passengers are expected to use or operate at the timeof an emergency shall be reliable, readily accessible andeasily identified, and its method of operation shall beplainly marked.A6-I-6.5.2 6.5.2.1 Landplanes shall carry the equipment prescribedin 6.5.2.2:Life jackets / Flotationdevices not easilyaccessible andrequired for the type offlightB05-01 Indicate the particulars of thesituation observeda) when flying over water and at a distance of more than93 km (50 NM) away from the shore, in the case oflandplanes operated in accordance with 5.2.9 or 5.2.10;b) when flying en route over water beyond glidingdistance from the shore, in the case of all otherlandplanes; andc) when taking off or landing at an aerodrome where, inthe opinion of the State of the Operator, the take-off orSAFA Coordination Section Page 135 of 217© European Aviation Safety Agency, 2012 V 2.0