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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
Pt. 105
Airspace Flight
visibility
Distance from
clouds
At or above
10,000 feet
MSL.
5 statute miles ......
1,000 feet below.
1,000 feet above.
1 statute mile hori-
zontal.
Class G:
1,200 feet or
less above the
surface (re-
gardless of
MSL altitude).
1 statute mile .......
Clear of clouds.
More than 1,200
feet above the
surface but
less than
10,000 feet
MSL.
1 statute mile .......
500 feet below.
1,000 feet above.
2,000 feet hori-
zontal.
More than 1,200
feet above the
surface and at
or above
10,000 feet
MSL.
5 statute miles ......
1,000 feet below.
1,000 feet above.
1 statute mile hori-
zontal.
[Amdt. 103–17, 56 FR 65662, Dec. 17, 1991]
PART 105—PARACHUTE
OPERATIONS
Subpart A—General
Sec.
105.1
Applicability.
105.3
Definitions.
105.5
General.
105.7
use of alcohol and drugs.
105.9
Inspections.
Subpart B—Operating Rules
105.13
Radio equipment and use require-
ments.
105.15
Information required and notice of
cancellation or postponement of a para-
chute operation.
105.17
Flight visibility and clearance from
cloud requirements.
105.19
Parachute operations between sunset
and sunrise.
105.21
Parachute operations over or into a
congested area or an open-air assembly
of persons.
105.23
Parachute operations over or onto
airports.
105.25
Parachute operations in designated
airspace.
Subpart C—Parachute Equipment and
Packing
105.41
Applicability.
105.43
Use of single-harness, dual-parachute
systems.
105.45
Use of tandem parachute systems.
105.47
Use of static lines.
105.49
Foreign parachutists and equipment.
A
UTHORITY
: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113–40114,
44701–44702, 44721.
S
OURCE
: Docket No. FAA–1999–5483, 66 FR
23553, May 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
§ 105.1
Applicability.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b) and (c) of this section, this part pre-
scribes rules governing parachute oper-
ations conducted in the United States.
(b) This part does not apply to a
parachute operation conducted—
(1) In response to an in-flight emer-
gency, or
(2) To meet an emergency on the sur-
face when it is conducted at the direc-
tion or with the approval of an agency
of the United States, or of a State,
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia,
or a possession of the United States, or
an agency or political subdivision
thereof.
(c) Sections 105.5, 105.9, 105.13, 105.15,
105.17, 105.19 through 105.23, 105.25(a)(1)
and 105.27 of this part do not apply to
a parachute operation conducted by a
member of an Armed Force—
(1) Over or within a restricted area
when that area is under the control of
an Armed Force.
(2) During military operations in un-
controlled airspace.
§ 105.3
Definitions.
For the purposes of this part—
Approved parachute means a para-
chute manufactured under a type cer-
tificate or a Technical Standard Order
(C–23 series), or a personnel-carrying
U.S. military parachute (other than a
high altitude, high speed, or ejection
type) identified by a Navy Air Facility,
an Army Air Field, and Air Force-Navy
drawing number, an Army Air Field
order number, or any other military
designation or specification number.
Automatic Activation Device means a
self-contained mechanical or electro-
mechanical device that is attached to
the interior of the reserve parachute
container, which automatically initi-
ates parachute deployment of the re-
serve parachute at a pre-set altitude,
time, percentage of terminal velocity,
or combination thereof.
Direct Supervision means that a cer-
tificated rigger personally observes a
non-certificated person packing a main
parachute to the extent necessary to
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§ 105.3
ensure that it is being done properly,
and takes responsibility for that pack-
ing.
Drop Zone means any pre-determined
area upon which parachutists or ob-
jects land after making an intentional
parachute jump or drop. The center-
point target of a drop zone is expressed
in nautical miles from the nearest VOR
facility when 30 nautical miles or less;
or from the nearest airport, town, or
city depicted on the appropriate Coast
and Geodetic Survey World Aero-
nautical Chart or Sectional Aero-
nautical Chart, when the nearest VOR
facility is more than 30 nautical miles
from the drop zone.
Foreign parachutist means a para-
chutist who is neither a U.S. citizen or
a resident alien and is participating in
parachute operations within the United
States using parachute equipment not
manufctured in the United States.
Freefall means the portion of a para-
chute jump or drop between aircraft
exit and parachute deployment in
which the parachute is activated
manually by the parachutist at the
parachutist’s discretion or automati-
cally, or, in the case of an object, is ac-
tivated automatically.
Main parachute means a parachute
worn as the primary parachute used or
intended to be used in conjunction with
a reserve parachute.
Object means any item other than a
person that descends to the surface
from an aircraft in flight when a para-
chute is used or is intended to be used
during all or part of the descent.
Parachute drop means the descent of
an object to the surface from an air-
craft in flight when a parachute is used
or intended to be used during all or
part of that descent.
Parachute jump means a parachute
operation that involves the descent of
one or more persons to the surface
from an aircraft in flight when an air-
craft is used or intended to be used dur-
ing all or part of that descent.
Parachute operation means the per-
formance of all activity for the purpose
of, or in support of, a parachute jump
or a parachute drop. This parachute op-
eration can involve, but is not limited
to, the following persons: parachutist,
parachutist in command and passenger
in tandem parachute operations, drop
zone or owner or operator, jump mas-
ter, certificated parachute rigger, or
pilot.
Parachutist means a person who in-
tends to exit an aircraft while in flight
using a single-harness, dual parachute
system to descend to the surface.
Parachutist in command means the
person responsible for the operation
and safety of a tandem parachute oper-
ation.
Passenger parachutist means a person
who boards an aircraft, acting as other
than the parachutist in command of a
tandem parachute operation, with the
intent of exiting the aircraft while in-
flight using the forward harness of a
dual harness tandem parachute system
to descend to the surface.
Pilot chute means a small parachute
used to initiate and/or accelerate de-
ployment of a main or reserve para-
chute.
Ram-air parachute means a parachute
with a canopy consisting of an upper
and lower surface that is inflated by
ram air entering through specially de-
signed openings in the front of the can-
opy to form a gliding airfoil.
Reserve parachute means an approved
parachute worn for emergency use to
be activated only upon failure of the
main parachute or in any other emer-
gency where use of the main parachute
is impractical or use of the main para-
chute would increase risk.
Single-harness, dual parachute system:
means the combination of a main para-
chute, approved reserve parachute, and
approved single person harness and
dual-parachute container. This para-
chute system may have an operational
automatic activation device installed.
Tandem parachute operation: means a
parachute operation in which more
than one person simultaneously uses
the same tandem parachute system
while descending to the surface from
an aircraft in flight.
Tandem parachute system: means the
combination of a main parachute, ap-
proved reserve parachute, and approved
harness and dual parachute container,
and a separate approved forward har-
ness for a passenger parachutist. This
parachute system must have an oper-
ational automatic activation device in-
stalled.
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