Talon Helicopters Ltd COM Edition 2 Amend 0 submission 3 TC Stamped

Talon Helicopters Ltd.
9.6.1 Limitations and Requirements
Flotation Kit:
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Company Operations Manual
Chapter 9 § Aerial Work Operations
The helicopter shall be equipped with an approved emergency flotation kit and operated in accordance with the
Emergency Flotation Kit Flight Manual Supplement. The helicopter is not required to be equipped with an
emergency flotation kit provided:
§ only “persons” essential during flight are carried;
§ the persons have been instructed in water ditching procedures and evacuation; and,
§ only during the following aerial work operations:
▪ fire suppression;
▪ fish stocking;
▪ power line inspection; or,
▪ surveillance.
When over water, the helicopter shall be operated at an altitude that will provide adequate time for full inflation
of the flotation devices prior to water contact.
Life Preservers:
Life preservers shall be carried for each person and stowed so that they are within reach of each person carried
when seated with his or her seat belt fastened.
Flight Following:
Refer to section 4.7 – Flight Following.
9.6.2 Safety Briefings
Persons carried on-board must be briefed on ditching and water ditching evacuation procedures (below), in
addition to the normal safety briefings referred to in section 8.11 – Briefing of Persons Other Than Pilots.
9.6.3 Ditching and Evacuation
The PIC shall ensure that all persons carried are thoroughly familiar with ditching and water evacuation
procedures, in accordance with the following briefing:
§ persons are to follow the directions of the PIC;
§ emergency procedures for ditching and water evacuation shall be conducted in accordance with the
appropriate Flight Manual. In the absence of Flight Manual instructions, the PIC shall conduct ditching
procedures in accordance with the following:
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if time and circumstances permit, jettison the water bucket, or fish planting bucketing;
allow the helicopter to contact the water in as level an attitude as possible; and,
after water contact and for as long as possible, the helicopter should be held in a level attitude while
sinking;
§ the following points should be taken into consideration:
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all doors should be unlatched or jettisoned, if possible. This should be done after contacting the
water because otherwise the doors may fly into the main or tail rotor blades;
to prevent blade skipping on water surface, keep the collective up after contacting the water. The
collective should be lowered just prior to the blades touching the water;
keep seatbelts fastened. Directional control will be lost once the tail rotor strikes the water;
December 31, 2015 Amendment 0 9-3