Question - 10 min before last light

[Tomo]

Hey I need to find a regulation reference to the land 1o min before last light statement.

 

I'd be blowed if I can find anything... so if someone has the magic answer that would be awesome!

 

Thanks! :thumb_up:

 

 

[djpacro]

Your flight ends when you finish the taxi to stop.

 

 

[Guest JeffC]

Visual Flight Rules. CAR 172. Repeated in AIP ENR 1.2 and in the VFG.

 

Regards, Jeff

 

 

[kaz3g]

Hey I need to find a regulation reference to the land 1o min before last light statement.I'd be blowed if I can find anything... so if someone has the magic answer that would be awesome!

 

Thanks! :thumb_up:

My PPL is endorsed VFR by day (I think... the licence is in my logbook in the aeroplane) and CAO 40.0 covers licence endorsements

 

All I can find is -----

 

page 216 vfrg... makes a statement that must plan to arrive no less than 10 minutes before last light but doesn't reference it to legislation which is odd because just about everything else is.

 

CAR 5.82...daylight means the time of any day that is after the start of morning civil twilight (first light) and before the end of evening civil twilight (last light).

 

The new Part 91 (not yet in effect) states:

 

CASR 91.245 VFR — flight at night

 

(1) The pilot in command of an aircraft commits an offence if:

 

(a) the pilot conducts a VFR flight at night; and

 

(b) either:

 

(i) the pilot is not authorised under

 

[Part 61]

 

:

 

(A) to conduct an IFR flight; or

 

(B) to conduct a VFR flight at night; or

 

(ii) the aircraft is not appropriately equipped for a night VFR flight.

 

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

 

Funnily enough, they don't seem to define "night" anywhere!

 

kaz

 

 

[kaz3g]

Visual Flight Rules. CAR 172. Repeated in AIP ENR 1.2 and in the VFG.Regards, Jeff

Well done, Jeff... I couldn't find it in the AIP, but now I have thanks to your research.

 

kaz

 

 

[Tomo]

Legendary, Thanks guys, and Jeff for that... I obviously only had a man look and like usual it was staring right at me!

 

 

[turboplanner]

Another example of the need for CASA to consolidate the regulations so people who are safety conscious can use them as they were intended, and find them quickly and without ambiguity

 

 

[poteroo]

I realise that this has been well and truly debated in the past - but you need to recognise that what's legal.....may not be sensible. 'Last light' can vary alarmingly with the weather. You can have a practical difference of -20 mins if the western sector weather is blocking the sun. Give yourself much more than 10 mins.

 

happy days,