ED Decision 2018/007/R
(a) Each crew and passenger area must have means for rapid evacuation in a crash landing, with the landing gear:
(1) extended; and
(2) retracted;
considering the possibility of fire.
(b) Passenger entrance, crew, and service doors may be considered as emergency exits if they meet the requirements of this paragraph and of CS 29.805 to 29.815.
(c) If certification with ditching provisions is requested by the applicant:
(1) ditching emergency exits must be provided such that following a ditching, in all sea conditions for which ditching capability is requested by the applicant, passengers are able to evacuate the rotorcraft and step directly into any of the required life rafts;
(2) any exit provided for compliance with (1), irrespective of whether it is also required by any of the requirements of CS 29.807, must meet all the requirements of CS 29.809(c), CS 29.811(a), (c), (d), (e) and CS 29.812(b); and
(3) flotation devices, whether stowed or deployed, may not interfere with or obstruct the ditching emergency exits.
(d) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (e), the following categories of rotorcraft must be tested in accordance with the requirements of Appendix D to demonstrate that the maximum seating capacity, including the crew-members required by the operating rules, can be evacuated from the rotorcraft to the ground within 90 seconds:
(1) Rotorcraft with a seating capacity of more than 44 passengers.
(2) Rotorcraft with all of the following:
(i) Ten or more passengers per passenger exit as determined under CS 29.807(b).
(ii) No main aisle, as described in CS 29.815, for each row of passenger seats.
(iii) Access to each passenger exit for each passenger by virtue of design features of seats, such as folding or break-over seat backs or folding seats.
(e) A combination of analysis and tests may be used to show that the rotorcraft is capable of being evacuated within 90 seconds under the conditions specified in CS 29.803(d) if the Agency finds that the combination of analysis and tests will provide data, with respect to the emergency evacuation capability of the rotorcraft, equivalent to that which would be obtained by actual demonstration.
[Amdt No: 29/5]
CS 29.803 mandates rapid evacuation means for crew and passenger areas, ditching exit provisions, and 90-second evacuation testing for certain large rotorcraft, with analysis-test combinations allowed.
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