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AMC 27.865  External Loads

ED Decision 2018/015/R

This AMC provides further guidance and acceptable means of compliance to supplement FAA AC 27-1B Change 7 AC 27.865B § 27.865 EXTERNAL LOADS to meet EASA’s interpretation of CS 27.865. As such, it should be used in conjunction with the FAA AC but should take precedence over it, where stipulated, in the showing of compliance.

AMC No 1 addresses certification for applications that require the use of Category A rotorcraft.

AMC No 2 addresses the specificities of complex personnel-carrying device systems for human external cargo applications. This AMC provides further guidance and acceptable means of compliance to supplement FAA AC 27-1B Change 7 AC 27.865B § 27.865 (Amendment 27-36) EXTERNAL LOADS to meet EASA’s interpretation of CS 27.865.

AMC No 3 contains a recognised approach to the approval of simple personnel-carrying device systems if required by the applicable operating rule or if an applicant elects to include simple personnel-carrying device systems within the scope of type certification.

[Amdt No: 27/5]

[Amdt No: 27/6]