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What safety equipment must be available to each person on board a single-engine aircraft which is taking off from or landing on water?

  1. AAn approved life raft.
  2. BAn approved life preserver.Correct answer
  3. CA signal flare.
  4. DA signal mirror.

Why this is the answer

Per CAR 602.62, a single-engine aircraft taking off from or landing on water must have an approved life preserver available to each person on board. A life raft (602.63) is required for distance over water, not for the take-off/landing itself.

Reference

CARs 602.62 – Life Preservers and Flotation Devices CARs 602.63 – Life Rafts and Survival Equipment

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

A study aid — not a substitute for the official guide, the CARs, or your instructor.

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