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The issue was recognized after a review of defect reports and related information, leading to a directive requiring testing before incidents occur.","Answer",{"name":105,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":106},"Why did the regulator’s view of the G-switch fault pattern take time to emerge?",{"text":107,"@type":103},"Aircraft operators sent faulty ELTs for repair but did not notify the CAA, masking the emerging fault pattern until it was pieced together.",{"name":109,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":110},"What is the recommended approach regarding forced landing practice near people or structures?",{"text":111,"@type":103},"During simulated forced landing practice, do not fly too close to structures and people, and use the concept of a protected airspace cylinder around every dwelling.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":114,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":86,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":116,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":118,"site_id":56},565449,1791853974,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":121},{"doc_id":118,"user_id":122,"nickname":83,"user_avatar":123,"doc_module":9,"category_id":25,"category_name":26,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":124,"file_id":125,"file_url":126,"file_type":127,"file_size":128,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":129,"language":130,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":131,"faqs":132,"seo_title":133,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":119,"read_time":134},5909892332657,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","vector  \nJuly / August 2010  \nPointing to Safer aviation  \n eLt airworthiness Directive   \nit’s not a tractor in the Drink too Close for Comfort?  \nvector  \n|  |\n| --- |\n| Artex AD\u003Cbr>An Airworthiness Directive has been issued on Artex ELTs after a large number of G-switch failures. Your aircraft could be affected. |\n\n3  \n\n| \u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Too Close for Comfort?\u003Cbr>During simulated forced landing practice, you must not fly too close to any structures and people. Imagine a cylinder protecting the airspace around every dwelling. |\n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>17 | It’s Not a Tractor\u003Cbr>Bounce a tractor into a ditch or clip it on the side of the shed and it will probably be okay. Do that to your aircraft, and it could be a total loss. It’s all about design strength. Cars and tractors have wide strength margins, while aircraft do not. |\n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>20 | In the Drink\u003Cbr>A ditching is a water landing made under control, rather than a crash into water. A new Advisory Circular gives guidance on this topic. |\n\nCover photo courtesy of Marcus Adams, Travelling Light Photography.  \nIn this issue...  \nArtex Airworthiness Directive 3  \nFew Faults Reported 3  \nToo Close for Comfort? 4  \nA Matter of Record 6  \nPutting Our Socks Up 8  \nYou’re It 10  \nInspection Authorisation Initial Course 12  \nRNAV Missed Approaches 13  \nIt’s Not a Tractor 17  \nPart 115 Coming Soon 18  \nIn the Drink 20  \nA Taste of Mountain Flying 22  \nIn-flight Weather’s Back 24  \nUnmanned Aerial Systems Seminar 24  \nAIP New Zealand Price Increase 25  \nOctober GST Increase 25  \nAviation Safety Advisers 25  \nHow to Get Aviation Publications 25  \nPlanning an Aviation Event? 25  \nAccident Briefs 26  \nGA Defects 27  \n2485 Attend Mountain Flying AvKiwi 28  \nPublished by  \nThe Communications and Safety Education  \nUnit of the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, P O Box 31–441, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand.  \nTel: +64–4–560 9400, Fax: +64–4–569 2024, Email: [info@caa.govt.nz](info@caa.govt.nz).  \nPublished six times a year, in the last week of every odd month.  \nManager Communications Bill Sommer. Acting Editor Emma Peel.  \nSafety Education Publishing Team  \nLakshmi Guda, Rose Wood, Anna Walkington.  \nDesign  \nGusto.  \nPublication Content  \nUnless expressly stated as CAA policy, the views expressed in Vector do not necessarily reflect the policy of the Civil Aviation Authority. Articles are intended to stimulate discussion, and nothing in Vector is to be taken as overriding any New Zealand civil aviation legislation, or any statements issued by the Director of Civil Aviation or the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.  \nReader comments and contributions are welcome and may be published, but the Editor reserves the right to edit or abridge them, and not to publish those that are judged not to contribute constructively towards safer aviation. Reader contributions and correspondence regarding the content of Vector should be addressed to: Vector Editor, P O Box 31–441, Lower Hutt 5040, or email: [info@caa.govt.nz](info@caa.govt.nz).  \nFree Distribution  \nVector is distributed automatically to all New Zealand flight crew, air traffic controllers, aircraft maintenance engineer licence holders, aircraft owners, most organisations holding an aviation document, and to certain other persons and organisations interested in promoting safer aviation.  \nIn the case of flight crew and air traffic controllers, a current aviation medical certificate must be held, and a current New Zealand address given, to ensure magazine entitlement.  \nHolders of Pilot Certificates issued by Part 149 certificated organisations can also apply to receive a free Vector (see the CAA web site for details) . Vector also appears on the CAA’s web [site: www.caa.govt.nz](site: www.caa.govt.nz).  \nChange of Address  \nReaders receiving Vector free of charge should notify [info@caa.govt.nz](info@caa.govt.nz) of any change of address, quoting your CAA Client Number. Paying subscribers sho","cbCaifJFkDMQt6sN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifJFkDMQt6sN","pdf",2927206,28,"English","# Artex Airworthiness Directive\n## Few Faults Reported\n## Too Close for Comfort?\n## It’s Not a Tractor\n## In the Drink","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the Artex airworthiness directive address?\",\"answer\":\"It concerns failures of Artex ELT G-switches. The issue was recognized after a review of defect reports and related information, leading to a directive requiring testing before incidents occur.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did the regulator’s view of the G-switch fault pattern take time to emerge?\",\"answer\":\"Aircraft operators sent faulty ELTs for repair but did not notify the CAA, masking the emerging fault pattern until it was pieced together.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the recommended approach regarding forced landing practice near people or structures?\",\"answer\":\"During simulated forced landing practice, do not fly too close to structures and people, and use the concept of a protected airspace cylinder around every dwelling.\"}]","Vector - July / August 2010 | PDF",10]