SPO.IDE.H.100 Instruments and equipment –
general
Regulation (EU) 2019/1384
(a) Instruments and equipment required by this Subpart shall be approved in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements if they are:
(1) used by the flight crew to control the flight path;
(2) used to comply with SPO.IDE.H.215;
(3) used to comply with SPO.IDE.H.220; or
(4) installed in the helicopter.
(b) The following items, when required by this Subpart, do not need an equipment approval:
(1) independent portable lights;
(2) an accurate time piece;
(3) first-aid kit;
(4) survival and signalling equipment;
(5) sea anchor and equipment for mooring;
(6) child restraint device;
(7) a simple PCDS used by a task specialist as a restraint device.
(c) Instruments, equipment or accessories not required under this Annex (Part-SPO), as well as any other equipment that is not required under this Regulation, but carried on a flight, shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) the information provided by those instruments, equipment or accessories shall not be used by the flight crew members to comply with Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 or points SPO.IDE.H.215 and SPO.IDE.H.220 of this Annex;
(2) the instruments, equipment or accessories shall not affect the airworthiness of the helicopter, 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 seated.
(e) Those instruments that are used by a flight crew member shall be so arranged as to permit the flight crew member to see the indications readily from his/her station, with the minimum practicable deviation from the position and line of vision which he/she normally assumes when looking forward along the flight path.
(f) All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use.
EASA Helicopter Operations: Instruments and Equipment Helicopter instruments controlling flight path or complying with specific operational requirements must be approved. Certain items like first-aid kits don't require approval. Extra equipment cannot interfere with airworthiness or required instruments. All equipment must be easily accessible and visible to the flight crew. Emergency equipment must be readily available.
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