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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 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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§ 105.25 

(1) Prior approval has been obtained 

from the management of the airport to 
conduct parachute operations over or 
on that airport. 

(2) Approval has been obtained from 

the control tower to conduct parachute 
operations over or onto that airport. 

(3) Two-way radio communications 

are maintained between the pilot of the 
aircraft involved in the parachute oper-
ation and the control tower of the air-
port over or onto which the parachute 
operation is being conducted. 

(b) For airports without an operating 

control tower, prior approval has been 
obtained from the management of the 
airport to conduct parachute oper-
ations over or on that airport. 

(c) A parachutist may drift over that 

airport with a fully deployed and prop-
erly functioning parachute if the para-
chutist is at least 2,000 feet above that 
airport’s traffic pattern, and avoids 
creating a hazard to air traffic or to 
persons and property on the ground. 

§ 105.25

Parachute operations in des-

ignated airspace. 

(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— 

(1) Over or within a restricted area or 

prohibited area unless the controlling 
agency of the area concerned has au-
thorized that parachute operation; 

(2) Within or into a Class A, B, C, D 

airspace area without, or in violation 
of the requirements of, an air traffic 
control authorization issued under this 
section; 

(3) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) and (d) of this section, within or 
into Class E or G airspace area unless 
the air traffic control facility having 
jurisdiction over the airspace at the 
first intended exit altitude is notified 
of the parachute operation no earlier 
than 24 hours before or no later than 1 
hour before the parachute operation 
begins. 

(b) Each request for a parachute op-

eration authorization or notification 
required under this section must be 
submitted to the air traffic control fa-
cility having jurisdiction over the air-
space at the first intended exit altitude 

and must include the information pre-
scribed by § 105.15(a) of this part. 

(c) For the purposes of paragraph 

(a)(3) of this section, air traffic control 
facilities may accept a written notifi-
cation from an organization that con-
ducts parachute operations and lists 
the scheduled series of parachute oper-
ations to be conducted over a stated 
period of time not longer than 12 cal-
endar months. The notification must 
contain the information prescribed by 
§ 105.15(a) of this part, identify the re-
sponsible persons associated with that 
parachute operation, and be submitted 
at least 15 days, but not more than 30 
days, before the parachute operation 
begins. The FAA may revoke the ac-
ceptance of the notification for any 
failure of the organization conducting 
the parachute operations to comply 
with its requirements. 

(d) Paragraph (a)(3) of this section 

does not apply to a parachute oper-
ation conducted by a member of an 
Armed Force within a restricted area 
that extends upward from the surface 
when that area is under the control of 
an Armed Force. 

Subpart C—Parachute Equipment 

and Packing 

§ 105.41

Applicability. 

This subpart prescribed rules gov-

erning parachute equipment used in 
civil parachute operations. 

§ 105.43

Use of single-harness, dual- 

parachute systems. 

No person may conduct a parachute 

operation using a single-harness, dual- 
parachute system, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow any per-
son to conduct a parachute operation 
from that aircraft using a single-har-
ness, dual-parachute system, unless 
that system has at least one main 
parachute, one approved reserve para-
chute, and one approved single person 
harness and container that are packed 
as follows: 

(a) The main parachute must have 

been packed within 180 days before the 
date of its use by a certificated para-
chute rigger, the person making the 
next jump with that parachute, or a 

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