AC 120-42B ETOPS and Polar Ops - Code7700

AC 120-42BAppendix 22. Passenger-Carrying Airplanes with more than Two Engines.ApprovalLevelArea ofApplicabilityRequirements How to apply CommentsPage 9Beyond 180minuteUnlimited areaof the world1. The airplane-engine combination must be type-design-approved for ETOPS,except as provided in § 121.162 (see comments).2. The certificate holder must ensure the airplane has systems that are capable ofcomplying with the requirements of § 121.633 for time-limited system planning.3. The operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS alternate or alternateswithin 240-minutes diversion time (at one engine inoperative cruise speed understandard conditions in still air). If an ETOPS alternate is not available within 240minutes, the operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS alternate oralternates along the planned route of flight.4. The minimum equipment list (MEL) limitations for the authorized ETOPSdiversion time apply.(i) The Fuel Quantity Indicating System must be operational.(ii) The communications systems required by § 121.99(d) or § 121.122(c)must be operational, except for three and four-engine airplanes operating 180minutes or less from an alternate in the North Polar and South Polar areas.5. The certificate holder must operate in accordance with the ETOPSauthority as contained in its OpSpecs.Request made to theFAA for routeauthority. Theapplication will showthe need for such anauthority.Certificate holderswho have authority tooperate on specificroutes that under thisAC are newly definedas ETOPS routes donot have to re-applyfor specific routeauthority. Thecertificate holder willbe required to complywith all the ETOPSoperationalrequirements in thisAC.§ 121.162allows for aneight-year‘productioncut-in forETOPS typedesignrequirementsfor theseairplanes. Thecertificateholder shouldreview theiraircraft forapplicability.Thoseairplanes notrequired tohave anETOPS typedesign do nothave any CMPor Partscontrolcompliancerequirements.6/13/08