ED Decision 2023/007/R
PERFORMANCE CLASS 3 WITH A HELICOPTER NOT CERTIFIED AS CATEGORY A OR EQUIVALENT
(a) If a stretcher is likely to be necessary for the mission, the helicopter should be able to carry a deployed stretcher without preventing compliance with the crew composition requirements of SPA.HEMS.130, i.e. without preventing the two pilots, or a pilot and a HEMS crew member, from occupying the two forward-facing seats in the cockpit.
(b) Considering the limitations for Performance class 3 operations included in CAT.POL.H.400, the planned mission needs to remain outside congested hostile areas and is expected to be completed by sunset.
(c) If the HEMS mission unexpectedly needs to be continued by night, or it unexpectedly requires a HEMS flight into a congested hostile area, the operator should ensure that a category A helicopter is dispatched.
(d) The records required by point (vi) of SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) should contain the following information for each mission, and be kept for 3 years:
(1) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch in accordance with SPA.HEMS.125Â (a)(3);
(2) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch as described in (a) and (b) above;
(3) the contingency options that were available to meet (c), and whether they were triggered or not;
(4) all elements relevant to the mission including destinations, altitude, weather conditions, mass and balance.
AMC1 SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) details Performance class 3 HEMS rules: stretcher carriage, mission limits, night or hostile area contingencies, and record-keeping requirements.
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