26) ‘contingency fuel/energy’ means the fuel/energy required to compensate for unforeseen factors
that could have an influence on the fuel/energy consumption to the destination aerodrome;
[applicable until 30 April 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2023/1020]
(26) ‘contingency fuel/energy’ means the fuel/energy required to compensate for unforeseen factors
that could have an influence on the fuel/energy consumption to the destination aerodrome or
vertiport;
[applicable from 1 May 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2024/1111]
(27) ‘continuous descent final approach (CDFA)’ means a technique, consistent with stabilised
approach procedures, for flying the final approach segment (FAS) of an instrument non-precision
approach (NPA) procedure as a continuous descent, without level-off, from an altitude/height at or
above the final approach fix altitude/height:
(a) for straight-in approach operations, to a point approximately 15 m (50 ft) above the landing
runway threshold or the point where the flare manoeuvre begins; or
(b) for circling approach operations, until MDA/H or visual flight manoeuvre altitude/height is
reached;
(28) ‘converted meteorological visibility (CMV)’ means a value, equivalent to an RVR, which is derived
from the reported meteorological visibility;
(29) ‘crew member’ means a person assigned by an operator to perform duties on board an aircraft;
(30) ‘critical phases of flight’ in the case of aeroplanes means the take-off run, the take-off flight path,
the final approach, the missed approach, the landing, including the landing roll, and any other phases
of flight as determined by the pilot-in-command or commander;
(31) ‘critical phases of flight’ in the case of helicopters means taxiing, hovering, take-off, final
approach, missed approach, the landing and any other phases of flight as determined by the pilot-in-
command or commander;
[applicable until 30 April 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2023/1020]
(31) ‘critical phases of flight’ means:
(a) for helicopters, taxiing, hovering, take-off, final approach, missed approach, landing and any other
phases of flight as determined by the pilot-in-command or the commander;
(b) for VCA, ground taxiing with passengers for the purpose of flight or after landing, air taxiing,
hovering, take-off, final approach, missed approach (go-around), landing and any other phase of flight
as determined by the pilot-in-command;
[applicable from 1 May 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2024/1111]
(31a) ‘current fuel/energy scheme’ means the approved fuel/energy scheme that is currently used by
the operator;
(32) [deleted with Reg. (EU) 2019/1387]
(33) ‘dangerous goods (DG)’ means articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health,
safety, property or the environment and which are shown in the list of dangerous goods in the
technical instructions or which are classified according to those instructions;
(34) ‘dangerous goods accident’ means an occurrence associated with and related to the transport of
dangerous goods by air which results in fatal or serious injury to a person or major property damage;
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(35) ‘dangerous goods incident’ means:
(a) an occurrence other than a dangerous goods accident associated with and related to the transport
of dangerous goods by air, not necessarily occurring on board an aircraft, which results in injury to a
person, property damage, fire, breakage, spillage, leakage of fluid or radiation or other evidence that
the integrity of the packaging has not been maintained;
(b) any occurrence relating to the transport of dangerous goods which seriously jeopardises an
aircraft or its occupants;
(35a) ‘decision altitude (DA) or decision height (DH)’ means a specified altitude or height in a 3D
instrument approach operation at which a missed approach procedure must be initiated if the
required visual reference to continue the approach has not been established;
(36) ‘de-icing’, in the case of ground procedures, means a procedure by which frost, ice, snow or slush
is removed from an aircraft in order to provide uncontaminated surfaces;
(37) ‘defined point after take-off (DPATO)’ means the point, within the take-off and initial climb phase,
before which the helicopter’s ability to continue the flight safely, with the critical engine inoperative,
is not assured and a forced landing may be required;
(38) ‘defined point before landing (DPBL)’ means the point within the approach and landing phase,
after which the helicopter’s ability to continue the flight safely, with the critical engine inoperative, is
not assured and a forced landing may be required;
(39) ‘distance DR’ means the horizontal distance that the helicopter has travelled from the end of the
take-off distance available;
[applicable until 30 April 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2023/1020]
(39) ‘distance DR’ means the horizontal distance that the helicopter or the VCA has travelled from the
end of the take-off distance available;
[applicable from 1 May 2025 — Regulation (EU) 2024/1111]
(40) ‘dry lease agreement’ means an agreement between undertakings pursuant to which the aircraft
is operated under the air operator certificate (AOC) of the lessee or, in the case of commercial
operations other than CAT, under the responsibility of the lessee;
(41) ‘dry operating mass’ means the total mass of the aircraft ready for a specific type of operation,
excluding usable fuel and traffic load;
(42) ‘dry runway’ means a runway whose surface is free of visible moisture and not contaminated
within the area intended to be used;
(42a) ‘EFB application’ means a software application installed on an EFB host platform that provides
one or more specific operational functions which support flight operations;
(42b) ‘EFB host platform’ means the hardware equipment in which the computing capabilities and
basic software reside, including the operating system and the input/output software;
(42c) ‘EFB system’ means the hardware equipment (including any battery, connectivity provisions,
input/output components) and software (including databases and the operating system) needed to
support the intended EFB application(s);
(42d) ‘EBT module’ means a combination of sessions in a qualified flight simulation training device as
part of the 3-year period of recurrent assessment and training;
