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Part 115 Adventure Aviation Certification and Operations

The objective of Part 115 is to ensure that an effective safety culture is maintained in the certification and operation of the adventure aviation industry.

Part 115 requires adventure aviation operators to be certificated in much the same way as air transport operators who use helicopters and small aeroplanes and are required to be certificated under Parts 119 and 135. In particular, operators need to satisfy the Director, through their exposition, that:

  • they have appropriate management systems, structures, and operating procedures in place to ensure compliance with the relevant safety standards;
  • employees are appropriately qualified, and trained;
  • equipment is appropriate to the task and properly maintained; and key people are fit and proper to undertake their responsibilities.

Download the PDF version of the rule consolidation of Part 115 [PDF 417 KB] or browse the content below.

Consolidations of the Civil Aviation Rules are for reference – they are not the official versions of the rules – to view those, see 'history of amendments'.

The history of amendments below, when expanded, shows copies of the original issue, amendments, and re-issues of this Part. Other legislative changes shown are for reference – to view the full version of the relevant amendment Act, see www.legislation.govt.nz(external link)

View Part 115 Adventure Aviation Certification and Operations

 

Amendment Effective date NPRM Summary of submissions
Amendment 1 [PDF 328 KB] 5 April 2025 NPRM 24-02 [PDF 989 KB] Summary [PDF 901 KB]
Initial issue [PDF 826 KB] 5 April 2025    

For an archived version, which includes history of amendments under the 1990 Act, please see Part 115 archived.

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