Published date: 16 May 2025

Purpose

This AC describes an acceptable means of compliance with the dangerous goods (DG) manual requirements prescribed under Civil Aviation Rules (CAR), Part 92 Carriage of Dangerous Goods, particularly for smaller operators and private pilots.

Related rules

This AC relates specifically to Part 92. In addition, it also relates to Part 133 Helicopter External Load Operations.

Change notice

Revision 2 updates this AC to align with redrafted rules under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023). It also removes form numbers and adds updated information about reporting accidents and incidents, and corrects some rule references. Lastly, it updates the tables in Appendices A, Annex A, and Annex B to align with AC92-2 Carriage of Dangerous Goods.

A marked-up version is also available, to see the changes:

AC092-4, Revision 2, Dangerous Goods Manuals - marked up [PDF 943 KB]

As with other ACs, sections in yellow highlight are proposed insertions and those in strikethrough are proposed deletions.

Note: We've also updated the respective sample manuals:

DG Manual Sample 1.4 Will-carry operator [DOCX 638 KB]

DG Manual Sample 2.0 Will-not-carry [DOCX 610 KB]