3.3 - CARs Exercise

While in cruising flight in controlled airspace, the pilot-in-command of an aircraft being operated under IFR must receive an air traffic control clearance before:

Making a speed adjustment of “plus or minus” (+ / -) 5% of the True Airspeed specified on the flight plan.

In the Southern Domestic Airspace, the appropriate altitude for an aircraft being operated under IFR on an airway with a magnetic track of 180º is:

6000 ASL.

Prior to commencing an Instrument Approach Procedure the pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft shall:

Ensure the aircraft altimeter is set to an altimeter setting that is usable at the aerodrome where the approach is to be conducted.

An aircraft being operated in IFR flight shall be equipped with sufficient radio navigation equipment to permit the pilot, in the event of the failure at any stage of the flight of any item of that equipment, including any associated flight instrument display:

To proceed to the destination aerodrome or proceed to another aerodrome that is suitable for landing.

In the case of a propeller driven airplane operating in IFR flight, it shall carry an amount of fuel sufficient to allow the aircraft where an alternate aerodrome is specified in the flight plan or flight itinerary:

To fly to and execute an approach and a missed approach at the destination aerodrome, to fly to and land at the alternate aerodrome and then to fly for a period of 45 minutes.

The pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft who intends to conduct an approach to or a landing at an uncontrolled aerodrome shall report the pilot-in-command’s intentions regarding the operation of the aircraft:

Five minutes before the estimated time of commencing the approach procedure, stating the estimated time of landing.

The pilot-in-command of an aircraft may deviate from an air traffic control clearance or an air traffic control instruction to the extent necessary to carry out a collision avoidance manoeuvre, if the manoeuvre is carried out:

In accordance with a resolution advisory generated by an ACAS; or in response to an alert from a TAWS or a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS).

The pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft shall transmit position reports over compulsory reporting points specified on an IFR chart unless:

Advised by the appropriate air traffic control unit that the aircraft is radar-identified.

When operating under IFR and not on an Airway or Air Route or within airspace with a published minimum altitude, and not in a Designated Mountainous Region, the pilot-in-command shall ensure that the aircraft is operated at or above:

An altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle located within a horizontal distance of five nautical miles from the estimated position of the aircraft in flight.

A pilot-in-command of an aircraft being operated under IFR is expected to:

Read back to the appropriate air traffic control unit the text of any air traffic control clearance received.

When operating on an IFR Flight Plan where no search and rescue action initiated time has been specified, the Pilot-in-Command shall ensure that an Arrival Report is filed:

As soon as practicable after landing, but not later than 1 hour after the last report estimated time of arrival.

No person shall conduct a take-off in a power-driven aircraft for the purpose of IFR flight unless it is equipped with:

An alternative source of static pressure for the altimeter, airspeed indicator and vertical speed indicator.

Except if requested to do so by an air traffic control unit, the pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft is not required to read back the text of an air traffic control clearance where:

The air traffic control clearance is received on the ground by the pilot-in-command before departing from a controlled aerodrome in respect of which a standard instrument departure procedure is specified in the Canada Air Pilot

No person shall conduct a take-off or continue a flight in an aircraft where icing conditions are reported to exist or are forecast to be encountered along the route of flight unless:

The pilot-in-command determines that the aircraft is adequately equipped to operate in icing conditions in accordance with the standards of airworthiness under which the type certificate for that aircraft was issued.

When conducting a Holding Procedure before landing at an aerodrome located in the Standard Pressure region, each flight crew member who occupies a flight crew member position that is equipped with an altimeter shall set the altimeter:

To the altimeter setting of the aerodrome immediately before descending below the lowest flight level at which the holding procedure is conducted.