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- Part V - Airworthiness Manual Chapter 523 - Normal, Utility, Aerobatic And Commuter Category Aeroplanes - Table of Contents
Part V - Airworthiness Manual Chapter 523 - Normal, Utility, Aerobatic And Commuter Category Aeroplanes - Table of Contents
Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) 2011-2
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- See also CAR 523
- Preamble
- Subchapter A - General
- Subchapter B - Flight - General
- Performance
- 523.45 - General
- 523.49 - Stalling Speed
- 523.51 - Takeoff Speeds
- 523.53 - Takeoff Performance
- 523.55 - Accelerate-Stop Distance
- 523.57 - Takeoff Path
- 523.59 - Takeoff Distance and Takeoff Run
- 523.61 - Takeoff Flight Path
- 523.63 - Climb: General
- 523.65 - Climb: All Engines Operating
- 523.66 - Takeoff Climb: One-Engine Inoperative
- 523.67 - Climb: One-Engine Inoperative
- 523.69 - Enroute Climb/Descent
- 523.71 - Glide: Single-Engine Aeroplanes
- 523.73 - Reference Landing Approach Speed
- 523.75 - Landing Distance
- 523.77 - Balked Landing
- Flight Characteristics
- 523.141 - General
- Controllability and Manoeuvrability
- Trim
- 523.161 - Trim
- Stability
- Stalls
- Spinning
- 523.221 - Spinning
- Ground and Water Handling Characteristics
- Miscellaneous Flight Requirements
- Subchapter C - Structure - General
- Flight Loads
- 523.321 - General
- 523.331 - Symmetrical Flight Conditions
- 523.333 - Flight Envelope
- 523.335 - Design Airspeeds
- 523.337 - Limit Manoeuvring Load Factors
- 523.341 - Gust Loads Factors
- 523.343 - Design Fuel Loads
- 523.345 - High Lift Devices
- 523.347 - Unsymmetrical Flight Conditions
- 523.349 - Rolling Conditions
- 523.351 - Yawing Conditions
- 523.361 - Engine Torque
- 523.363 - Side Load on Engine Mount
- 523.365 - Pressurized Cabin Loads
- 523.367 - Unsymmetrical Loads Due to Engine Failure
- 523.369 - Rear Lift Truss
- 523.371 - Gyroscopic and Aerodynamic Loads
- 523.373 - Speed Control Devices
- Control Surface and System Loads
- Horizontal Stabilising and Balancing Surface
- Vertical Surfaces
- Ailerons and Special Devices]
- Ground Loads
- 523.471 - General
- 523.473 - Ground Load Conditions and Assumptions
- 523.477 - Landing Gear Arrangement
- 523.479 - Level Landing Conditions
- 523.481 - Tail Down Landing Conditions
- 523.483 - One-wheel Landing Conditions
- 523.485 - Side Load Conditions
- 523.493 - Braked Roll Conditions
- 523.497 - Supplementary Conditions for Tail Wheels
- 523.499 - Supplementary Conditions for Nose Wheels
- 523.505 - Supplementary Conditions for Skiplanes
- 523.507 - Jacking Loads
- 523.509 - Towing Loads
- 523.511 - Ground Load; Unsymmetrical Loads on Multiple-Wheel Units
- Water Loads
- 523.521 - Water Load Conditions
- 523.523 - Design Weights and Centre of Gravity Positions
- 523.525 - Application of Loads
- 523.527 - Hull and Main Float Load Factors
- 523.529 - Hull and Main Float Landing Conditions
- 523.531 - Hull and Main Float Takeoff Condition
- 523.533 - Hull and Main Float Bottom Pressures
- 523.535 - Auxiliary Float Loads
- 523.537 - Sea-wing Loads
- Emergency Landing Conditions
- Fatigue Evaluation
- 523.571 - Metallic Pressurized Cabin Structures
- 523.572 - Metallic Wing, Empennage, And Associated Structures
- 523.573 - Damage Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Structure
- 523.574 - Metallic Damage Tolerance And Fatigue Evaluation Of Commuter Category Aeroplanes
- 523.575 - Inspections And Other Procedures
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Subchapter D - Design and Construction - General
- 523.601 - General
- 523.603 - Materials and Workmanship
- 523.605 - Fabrication Methods
- 523.607 - Fasteners
- 523.609 - Protection of Structure
- 523.611 - Accessibility Provisions
- 523.613 - Material Strength Properties and Design Values
- 523.615 - Design Properties (Removed)
- 523.619 - Special Factors
- 523.621 - Casting Factors
- 523.623 - Bearing Factors
- 523.625 - Fitting Factors
- 523.627 - Fatigue Strength
- 523.629 - Flutter
- Wings
- 523.641 - Proof of Strength
- Control Surfaces
- Control Systems
- 523.671 - General
- 523.672 - Stability Augmentation and Automatic and Power-Operated Systems
- 523.673 - Primary Flight Controls
- 523.675 - Stops
- 523.677 - Trim Systems
- 523.679 - Control System Locks
- 523.681 - Limit Load Static Tests
- 523.683 - Operation Tests
- 523.685 - Control System Details
- 523.687 - Spring Devices
- 523.689 - Cable Systems
- 523.691 - Artificial Stall Barrier System
- 523.693 - Joints
- 523.697 - Wing Flap Controls
- 523.699 - Wing Flap Position Indicator
- 523.701 - Flap Interconnection
- 523.703 - Takeoff Warning System
- Landing Gear
- 523.721 - General
- 523.723 - Shock Absorption Tests
- 523.725 - Limit Drop Tests
- 523.726 - Ground Load Dynamic Tests
- 523.727 - Reserve Energy Absorption Drop Tests
- 523.729 - Landing Gear Extension and Retraction System
- 523.731 - Wheels
- 523.733 - Tires
- 523.735 - Brakes
- 523.737 - Skis
- 523.745 - Nose/Tail Wheel Steering
- Floats and Hulls
- Personnel and Cargo Accommodations
- 523.771 - Pilot Compartment
- 523.773 - Pilot Compartment View
- 523.775 - Windshields and Windows
- 523.777 - Cockpit Controls
- 523.779 - Motion and Effect of Cockpit Controls
- 523.781 - Cockpit Control Knob Shape
- 523.783 - Doors
- 523.785 - Seats, Berths, Litters, Safety Belts, and Shoulder Harnesses
- 523.787 - [Baggage and Cargo Compartments
- 523.791 - Passenger Information Signs
- 523.803 - Emergency Evacuation
- 523.805 - Flight Crew Emergency Exits
- 523.807 - Emergency Exits
- 523.811 - Emergency Exit Marking
- 523.812 - Emergency Lighting
- 523.813 - Emergency Exit Access
- 523.815 - Width of Aisle
- 523.831 - Ventilation
- Pressurization
- Fire Protection
- 523.851 - Fire Extinguishers
- 523.853 - Passenger and Crew Compartment Interiors]
- 523.855 - Cargo and Baggage Compartment Fire Protection
- 523.859 - Combustion Heater Fire Protection
- 523.863 - Flammable Fluid Fire Protection
- 523.865 - Fire Protection of Flight Controls, Engine Mounts and Other Flight Structure
- Electrical Bonding And Lightning Protection
- 523.867 - Electrical Bonding and Protection Against Lightning and Static Electricity]
- Miscellaneous
- 523.871 - Levelling Means
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Subchapter E - Powerplant - General
- 523.901 - Installation
- 523.903 - Engines
- 523.904 - Automatic Power Reserve System
- 523.905 - Propellers
- 523.907 - Propeller Vibration and Fatigue
- 523.909 - Turbocharger Systems
- 523.925 - Propeller Clearance
- 523.929 - Engine Installation Ice Protection
- 523.933 - Reversing Systems
- 523.934 - Turbojet and Turbofan Engine Thrust Reverser Systems Tests
- 523.937 - Turbo Propeller-drag Limiting Systems
- 523.939 - Powerplant Operating Characteristics
- 523.943 - Negative Acceleration
- Fuel System
- 523.951 - General
- 523.953 - Fuel System Independence
- 523.954 - Fuel System Lightning Protection
- 523.955 - Fuel Flow
- 523.957 - Flow Between Interconnected Tanks
- 523.959 - Unusable Fuel Supply
- 523.961 - Fuel System Hot Weather Operation
- 523.963 - Fuel Tanks: General
- 525.965 - Fuel Tank Tests
- 523.967 - Fuel Tank Installation
- 523.969 - Fuel Tank Expansion Space
- 523.971 - Fuel Tank Sump
- 523.973 - Fuel Tank Filler Connection
- 523.975 - Fuel Tank Vents and Carburettor Vapour Vents
- 523.977 - Fuel Tank Outlet
- 523.979 - Pressure Fuelling Systems
- Fuel System Components
- Oil System
- Cooling
- Liquid Cooling
- Induction System
- 523.1091 - Air Induction System
- 523.1093 - Induction System Icing Protection
- 523.1095 - Carburetor De-icing Fluid Flow Rate
- 523.1097 - Carburetor De-icing Fluid System Capacity
- 523.1099 - Carburetor De-icing Fluid System Detail Design
- 523.1101 - Induction Air Preheater Desig
- 523.1103 - Induction System Ducts
- 523.1105 - Induction System Screens
- 523.1107 - Induction System Filters
- 523.1109 - Turbocharger Bleed Air System
- 523.1111 - Turbine Engine Bleed Air System
- Exhaust System
- Powerplant Controls and Accessories
- 523.1141 - Powerplant Controls: General
- 523.1142 - Auxiliary Power Unit Controls
- 523.1143 - Engine Controls
- 523.1145 - Ignition Switches
- 523.1147 - Mixture Controls
- 523.1149 - Propeller Speed and Pitch Controls
- 523.1153 - Propeller Feathering Controls
- 523.1155 - Turbine Engine Reverse Thrust and Propeller Pitch Settings Below the Flight Regime
- 523.1157 - Carburettor Air Temperature Controls
- 523.1163 - Powerplant Accessories
- 523.1165 - Engine Ignition Systems
- Powerplant Fire Protection
- 523.1181 - Designated Fire Zones; Regions Included
- 523.1182 - Nacelle Areas Behind Firewalls
- 523.1183 - Lines, Fittings and Components
- 523.1189 - Shut-off Means
- 523.1191 - Firewalls
- 523.1192 - Engine Accessory Compartment Diaphragm
- 523.1193 - Cowling and Nacelle
- 523.1195 - Fire Extinguishing Systems
- 523.1197 - Fire Extinguishing Agents
- 523.1199 - Extinguishing Agent Containers
- 523.1201 - Fire Extinguishing System Materials
- 523.1203 - Fire Detector System
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Subchapter F - Equipment - General
- 523.1301 - Function and Installation
- 523.1301-1 - Aeroplane Operation After Ground Cold Soak
- 523.1303 - Flight and Navigation Instruments
- 523.1305 - Powerplant Instruments
- 523.1307 - Miscellaneous Equipment
- 523.1308 - High-intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Protection
- 523.1309 - Equipment, Systems, and Installations
- 523.1311 - Electronic Display Instrument Systems
- Instruments: Installation
- 523.1321 - Arrangement and Visibility
- 523.1322 - Warning, Caution, and Advisory Lights
- 523.1323 - Airspeed Indicating System
- 523.1325 - Static Pressure System
- 523.1326 - Pitot Heat Indication Systems
- 523.1327 - Magnetic Direction Indicator
- 523.1329 - Automatic Pilot System
- 523.1331 - Instruments Using a Power Source
- 523.1335 - Flight Director Systems
- 523.1337 - [Powerplant Instruments Installation]
- Electrical Systems and Equipment
- Lights
- 523.1381 - Instrument Lights
- 523.1383 - [Taxi and Landing Lights
- 523.1385 - Position Light System Installation
- 523.1387 - Position Light System Dihedral Angles
- 523.1389 - Position Light Distribution and Intensities
- 523.1391 - Minimum Intensities in the Horizontal Plane of Position Lights
- 523.1393 - Minimum Intensities in any Vertical Plane of Position Lights
- 523.1395 - Maximum Intensities in Overlapping Beams of Position Lights
- 523.1397 - Colour Specifications
- 523.1399 - Riding Light
- 523.1401 - Anti-collision Light System
- Safety Equipment
- Miscellaneous Equipment
- 523.1431 - Electronic Equipment
- 523.1435 - Hydraulic Systems
- 523.1437 - Accessories for Multi-engine Aeroplanes
- 523.1438 - Pressurisation and Pneumatic Systems
- 523.1441 - Oxygen Equipment and Supply
- 523.1443 - Minimum Mass Flow of Supplemental Oxygen
- 523.1445 - Oxygen Distribution System
- 523.1447 - Equipment Standards for Oxygen Dispensing Units
- 523.1449 - Means for Determining Use of Oxygen
- 523.1450 - Chemical Oxygen Generators
- 523.1451 - Fire Protection For Oxygen Equipment
- 523.1453 - Protection Of Oxygen Equipment From Rupture
- 523.1457 - Cockpit Voice Recorders
- 523.1459 - Flight Data Recorders
- 523.1461 - Equipment Containing High Energy Rotors
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Subchapter G - Operating Limitations and Information
- 523.1501 - General
- 523.1505 - Airspeed Limitations
- 523.1507 - Operating Manoeuvring Speed
- 523.1511 - Flap Extended Speed
- 523.1513 - Minimum Control Speed
- 523.1519 - Weight and Centre of Gravity
- 523.1521 - Powerplant Limitations
- 523.1522 - Auxiliary Power Unit Limitations
- 523.1523 - Minimum Flight Crew
- 523.1524 - Maximum Passenger Seating Configuration
- 523.1525 - Kinds of Operation
- 523.1527 - Maximum Operating Altitude
- 523.1529 - Instructions for Continued Airworthiness
- Markings and Placards
- 523.1541 - General
- 523.1543 - Instrument Markings: General
- 523.1545 - Airspeed Indicator
- 523.1547 - Magnetic Direction Indicator
- 523.1549 - Powerplant and Auxiliary Power Unit Instruments
- 523.1551 - Oil Quantity Indicator
- 523.1553 - Fuel Quantity Indicator
- 523.1555 - Control Markings
- 523.1557 - Miscellaneous Markings and Placards
- 523.1559 - Operating Limitations Placard
- 523.1561 - Safety Equipment
- 523.1563 - Airspeed Placards
- 523.1567 - Flight Manoeuvre Placard
- Aeroplane Flight Manual and Approved Manual Material
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G
- Appendix H
- Appendix I
- Appendix J
- Date modified:
- 2011-11-29
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