BOP.BAS.300
Instruments and equipment — General
Regulation (EU) 2020/357
(a) Instruments and equipment required by this Section shall be approved in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
(1) they are used to comply with points BOP.BAS.355 and BOP.BAS.360;
(2) they are permanently installed in the balloon.
(b) By way of derogation from point (a), all of the following instruments or equipment, when required by this Section, shall not need an approval:
(1) instruments or equipment used by the flight crew to determine the flight path;
(2) independent portable lights;
(3) an accurate time piece;
(4) first-aid kit;
(5) survival and signalling equipment;
(6) supplemental oxygen storage and dispensing apparatus;
(7) alternative source of ignition;
(8) fire blanket or fire-resistant cover;
(9) hand fire extinguisher;
(10) drop line;
(11) knife.
(c) Instruments and equipment not required by this Section, as well as any other equipment that is not required by this Annex but is carried on board a balloon during a flight, shall comply with the following two conditions:
(1) the information provided by those instruments or equipment shall not be used by the flight crew to comply with the essential requirements for airworthiness set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;
(2) the instruments and equipment shall not affect the airworthiness of the balloon, even in the case of failures or malfunction.
(d) Instruments and equipment shall be readily operable or accessible from the station where the flight crew member that needs to use it is assigned.
(e) All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use.
EASA balloon regulations mandate approved instruments/equipment for flight path determination and permanent installations. Specific items like first-aid kits and portable lights don't require approval. Non-essential equipment must not impact airworthiness or be used for essential airworthiness compliance. All equipment must be accessible and operable for flight crew use.
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