Article 58 Certain Other AircraftF1

This article applies to an aircraft to which article 57 does not apply—

The pilot in command of an aircraft must not —

except in accordance with the terms of any approval to do so granted under the law of the jurisdiction in which the aircraft is registered.

In the case of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man, the approval referred to in paragraph (2) must be an approval which has been issued by the Department.

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the pilot in command of an aircraft when making a descent at an aerodrome to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach procedure must not cause the aircraft to descend from a height of 1,000 feet or more above the aerodrome to a height less than 1,000 feet above the aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range for that runway is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing.

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the pilot in command of an aircraft when making a descent at an aerodrome to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach procedure must not—

unless in either case the specified visual reference for landing is established and maintained from that height.

If, according to any available information, an aircraft would be required F2... to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules at the aerodrome of intended landing, the pilot in command of the aircraft must select an alternate aerodrome before take-off unless no aerodrome suitable for that purpose is available.

In this article—

• “aircraft” means an aircraft to which this article applies;

• “specified”, in respect of an aerodrome operating minima, means such detailed information about an aerodrome’s operating minima as have been notified for the aerodrome or, if the relevant minima have not been notified, such minima as are ascertainable by reference to the notified method for calculating an aerodrome’s operating minima.