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title: "NCO.IDE.H.115 Operating lights — Part-NCO · Avioverse"
description: "Rotorcraft operated at night shall be equipped with: an anti-collision light system;"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-nco/subpart-d/nco-ide-h-115"
---

# NCO.IDE.H.115 Operating lights

ANNEX VII (Part-NCO) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-operations) · [EUR-Lex 2012/965 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0965)

IR Implementing rule

## NCO.IDE.H.115 Operating lights

[Rotorcraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rotorcraft) operated at [night](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/night) shall be equipped with:

(a) an anti-collision light system;

(b) navigation/position lights;

(c) a landing light;

(d) lighting supplied from the rotorcraft’s electrical system to provide adequate illumination for all instruments and equipment essential to the safe operation of the rotorcraft;

(e) lighting supplied from the rotorcraft’s electrical system to provide illumination in all passenger compartments;

(f) an independent portable light for each [crew member](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/crew-member) station; and

(g) lights to conform with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea if the rotorcraft is amphibious.

IR · NCO.IDE.H.115 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2025/133 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 NCO.IDE.H.115 Operating lights

LANDING LIGHT FOR HELICOPTERS

For helicopters, the landing light should be trainable, at least in the vertical plane, or optionally be an additional fixed light or lights positioned to give a wide spread of illumination.

AMC · AMC1 NCO.IDE.H.115 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/023/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D: INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-nco/subpart-d)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.