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§ 105.23 

authorization or gives notice of the 
parachute operation. 

(7) The registration number of the 

aircraft to be used. 

(8) The name of the air traffic control 

facility with jurisdiction of the air-
space at the first intended exit altitude 
to be used for the parachute operation. 

(b) Each holder of a certificate of au-

thorization issued under §§ 105.21(b) and 
105.25(b) of this part must present that 
certificate for inspection upon the re-
quest of the Administrator or any Fed-
eral, State, or local official. 

(c) Each person requesting an author-

ization under §§ 105.21(b) and 105.25(a)(2) 
of this part and each person submitting 
a notice under § 105.25(a)(3) of this part 
must promptly notify the air traffic 
control facility having jurisdiction 
over the affected airspace if the pro-
posed or scheduled parachute operation 
is canceled or postponed. 

§ 105.17

Flight visibility and clearance 

from cloud requirements. 

No person may conduct a parachute 

operation, and no pilot in command of 
an aircraft may allow a parachute op-
eration to be conducted from that air-
craft— 

(a) Into or through a cloud, or 
(b) When the flight visibility or the 

distance from any cloud is less than 
that prescribed in the following table: 

Altitude 

Flight vis-

ibility 

(statute 

miles) 

Distance from clouds 

1,200 feet or less 

above the surface re-
gardless of the MSL 
altitude.

3  500 feet below, 1,000 

feet above, 2,000 
feet horizontal. 

More than 1,200 feet 

above the surface 
but less than 10,000 
feet MSL.

3  500 feet below, 1,000 

feet above, 2,000 
feet horizontal. 

More than 1,200 feet 

above the surface 
and at or above 
10,000 feet MSL.

5  1,000 feet below, 1,000 

feet above, 1 mile 
horizontal. 

§ 105.19

Parachute operations between 

sunset and sunrise. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a person 
to conduct a parachute operation from 
an aircraft between sunset and sunrise, 
unless the person or object descending 

from the aircraft displays a light that 
is visible for at least 3 statute miles. 

(b) The light required by paragraph 

(a) of this section must be displayed 
from the time that the person or object 
is under a properly functioning open 
parachute until that person or object 
reaches the surface. 

§ 105.21

Parachute operations over or 

into a congested area or an open-air 
assembly of persons. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a para-
chute operation to be conducted from 
that aircraft, over or into a congested 
area of a city, town, or settlement, or 
an open-air assembly of persons unless 
a certificate of authorization for that 
parachute operation has been issued 
under this section. However, a para-
chutist may drift over a congested area 
or an open-air assembly of persons with 
a fully deployed and properly func-
tioning parachute if that parachutist is 
at a sufficient altitude to avoid cre-
ating a hazard to persons or property 
on the surface. 

(b) An application for a certificate of 

authorization issued under this section 
must— 

(1) Be made in the form and manner 

prescribed by the Administrator, and 

(2) Contain the information required 

in § 105.15(a) of this part. 

(c) Each holder of, and each person 

named as a participant in a certificate 
of authorization issued under this sec-
tion must comply with all require-
ments contained in the certificate of 
authorization. 

(d) Each holder of a certificate of au-

thorization issued under this section 
must present that certificate for in-
spection upon the request of the Ad-
ministrator, or any Federal, State, or 
local official. 

§ 105.23

Parachute operations over or 

onto airports. 

No person may conduct a parachute 

operation, and no pilot in command of 
an aircraft may allow a parachute op-
eration to be conducted from that air-
craft, over or onto any airport unless— 

(a) For airports with an operating 

control tower: 

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