NCC.IDE.H.100 Instruments and equipment — general

(a) Instruments and equipment required by this Subpart shall be approved in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements if they are:

(1)  used by the flight crew to control the flight path;

(2)  used to comply with NCC.IDE.H.245;

(3)  used to comply with NCC.IDE.H.250; or

(4)  installed in the helicopter.

(b) The following items, when required by this Subpart, do not need an equipment approval:

(1)  independent portable light;

(2)  an accurate time piece;

(3)  chart holder;

(4)  first-aid kit;

(5)  survival and signalling equipment;

(6)  sea anchor and equipment for mooring; and

(7)  child restraint device.

(c) Instruments and equipment or accessories not required under this Annex, as well as any other equipment which is not required under this Regulation, but carried on a flight, shall comply with the following requirements:

(1)  the information provided by those instruments, equipment or accessories shall not be used by the flight crew members to comply with Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 or points NCC.IDE.H.245 and NCC.IDE.H.250 of this Annex;

(2)  the instruments and equipment shall not affect the airworthiness of the helicopter, even in the case of failures or malfunction.

(d) Instruments and equipment shall be readily operable or accessible from the station where the flight crew member that needs to use it is seated.

(e) Those instruments that are used by a flight crew member shall be so arranged as to permit the flight crew member to see the indications readily from his/her station, with the minimum practicable deviation from the position and line of vision which he/she normally assumes when looking forward along the flight path.

(f) All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use.