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Saaja: 'Gatis Jurkāns'
Teema: RE: Application for cross-border high risk SPO authorisation
Your ref: 29.01.2019
Our ref: 09.04.2019 No 4.4-13/18/5967-7
Dear Gatis,
Please find attached our authorisation letter.
Best regards,
Karl Rattassep
Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department
+372 610 3571
www.ecaa.ee <http://www.ecaa.ee> | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn
Estonian Civil Aviation Administration
From: Gatis Jurkāns [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 10:00 AM
To: Karl Rattassep <
[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Application for cross-border high risk SPO authorisation
Dear Karl,
Wishing to you a very happy, healthy and safe New Year!
I would like to come back to authorisation of cross-border high risk
SPO for GM Helicopters.
They has considered your recommendations and implemented them into a
new SOP revision (see attachment).
We kindly ask for your opinion.
Please let me know if you need a new apllication form with the new
intended start date of operation or it could remain original.
Best regards,
Gatis Jurkans
Head of section
General Aviation operations
Aircraft operations division
Phone: 67830971
www.caa.lv <http://www.caa.lv/>
From: Karl Rattassep <
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> >
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 10:18 AM
To: Gatis Jurkāns <
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> >; Edgars Gindra
<
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> >; Ēriks
Gražulis <
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> >
Cc: Kaupo Toodu <
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> >
Subject: RE: Application for cross-border high risk SPO authorisation
Your ref: 09.11.2018
Our ref: 30.11.2018 No 4.4-13/18/5967-3
Dear Gatis, Edgars and Ēriks,
Estonian CAA has reviewed GM Helicopters risk assessment (RA) and
standard operating procedures (SOPs) for survey operations and aerial
photography flights and we would like to have the following topics
improved before giving a positive answer to the cross-border HR SPO
authorisation application:
1. RA should contain “night flying over congested areas” as one
hazard and establish adequate procedures based on the outcome of the RA.
Reason: H125 is a single-engine helicopter, which means that it
must enter autorotation immediately in case of engine failure. Safe
autorotations, without causing unacceptable damage to helicopter
occupants and third parties on the ground, can be performed only to
adequate landing sites, but it’s not so easy to find them from the air
at night when having not prepared them in the planning phase. Since GM
Helicopters contaced us more than a month ago with an application to fly
over Tallinn city area at night at lower altitude, we would like to see
associated risks mitigated and adequate procedures established.
2. SOPs should contain more specific weather limitations.
Reason: RA says that they have placed increased requirements on
weather conditions to allow for extra safety margins, but we cant’ find
them from the SOPs.
3. RA should contain “tailwind” as one hazard relevant to the
operations.
Reason: Chapter F.1.a)(6) of the SOPs describes specific
procedures to follow in tailwind conditions, but there is no description
of tailwind in the RA. SPO.OP.230(b) says that SOPs shall be based on
the RA.
Best regards,
Karl Rattassep
Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department
+372 610 3571
www.ecaa.ee <http://www.ecaa.ee> | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn
Estonian Civil Aviation Administration
From: Gatis Jurkāns [mailto:
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> ]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2018 2:30 PM
To: Karl Rattassep <
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> >
Cc: Edgars Gindra <
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> >; Ēriks Gražulis
<
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> >
Subject: Application for cross-border high risk SPO authorisation
Dear Mr. K.Rattassep,
Please find attached application, risk assessment and SOP’s for
cross-border high risk SPO authorisation (Aerial Photography).
We kindly ask you to send your opinion to the following persons:
- Edgars Gindra (email:
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> )
- Gatis Jurkāns (email:
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> )
- Ēriks Gražulis (email:
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> )
Best regards,
Gatis Jurkans
Head of section
General Aviation operations
Aircraft operations division
Phone: 67830971
www.caa.lv <http://www.caa.lv/>
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Civil aviation agency Latvia Your ref 29.01.2019 nr 4.4-13/18/5967-4
(LATVIA) Our ref 09.04.2019 nr 4.4-13/18/5967-7
Airport "Riga"
LV-1053
Authorisation letter
Dear Mr Jurkāns,
Estonian Civil Aviation Administration (hereinafter ECAA), as the competent authority within the
meaning of the implementing regulations adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of
the European Parliament and of the Council, has reviewed the risk assessment (hereinafter RA)
and standard operating procedures (hereinafter SOPs) of Latvian aircraft operator GM Helicopters
(hereinafter the operator) in accordance with ARO.OPS.150(f) of Commission Regulation (EU)
No 965/2012.
It is hereby announced that ECAA is satisfied with the operator’s RA and SOPs and has no
objections to add Estonia as the area of operation to the operator’s authorisation as follows:
Aircraft type: H125
Type of operation: Helicopter survey operations and aerial photography flights
ECAA kindly ask to be informed of any changes to the operator’s RA and SOPs which might affect
the above-mentioned authorisation.
Yours sincerely,
(Digitally signed)
Rait Kalda
Director General
Karl Rattassep
+372 610 3571
[email protected]
Lõõtsa 5 / 11415 Tallinn / +372 610 3500 /
[email protected] / www.ecaa.ee
Register No 70000800