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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 107.125 

(b) No remote pilot in command may 

operate a small unmanned aircraft in 
sustained flight over open-air assem-
blies of human beings unless the oper-
ation meets the requirements of either 
§ 89.110 or § 89.115(a) of this chapter. 

§ 107.120

Category 2 operations: Eligi-

bility of small unmanned aircraft 
and other applicant requirements. 

(a) To be eligible for use in Category 

2 operations, the small unmanned air-
craft must be designed, produced, or 
modified such that it— 

(1) Will not cause injury to a human 

being that is equivalent to or greater 
than the severity of injury caused by a 
transfer of 11 foot-pounds of kinetic en-
ergy upon impact from a rigid object; 

(2) Does not contain any exposed ro-

tating parts that would lacerate 
human skin upon impact with a human 
being; and 

(3) Does not contain any safety de-

fects. 

(b) The applicant for a declaration of 

compliance for a small unmanned air-
craft that is eligible for use in Cat-
egory 2 operations in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section, must 
meet all of the following requirements 
for the applicant’s unmanned aircraft 
to be used in Category 2 operations: 

(1) Display a label on the small un-

manned aircraft indicating eligibility 
to conduct Category 2 operations. The 
label must be in English and be legible, 
prominent, and permanently affixed to 
the small unmanned aircraft. 

(2) Have remote pilot operating in-

structions that apply to the operation 
of the small unmanned aircraft system. 
The applicant for a declaration of com-
pliance must make available these in-
structions upon sale or transfer of the 
aircraft or use of the aircraft by some-
one other than the applicant who sub-
mitted a declaration of compliance 
pursuant to § 107.160. Such instructions 
must address, at a minimum— 

(i) A system description that includes 

the required small unmanned aircraft 
system components, any system limi-
tations, and the declared category or 
categories of operation; 

(ii) Modifications that will not 

change the ability of the small un-
manned aircraft system to meet the re-
quirements for the category or cat-

egories of operation the small un-
manned aircraft system is eligible to 
conduct; and 

(iii) Instructions for how to verify 

and change the mode or configuration 
of the small unmanned aircraft system, 
if they are variable. 

(3) Maintain a product support and 

notification process. The applicant for 
a declaration of compliance must 
maintain product support and notifica-
tion procedures to notify the public 
and the FAA of— 

(i) Any defect or condition that 

causes the small unmanned aircraft to 
no longer meet the requirements of 
this subpart; and 

(ii) Any identified safety defect that 

causes the small unmanned aircraft to 
exceed a low probability of casualty. 

§ 107.125

Category 3 operations: Oper-

ating requirements. 

To conduct Category 3 operations, a 

remote pilot in command— 

(a) Must use a small unmanned air-

craft that— 

(1) Is eligible for Category 3 oper-

ations pursuant to § 107.130(a); 

(2) Is listed on an FAA-accepted dec-

laration of compliance as eligible for 
Category 3 operations in accordance 
with § 107.160; and 

(3) Is labeled as eligible for Category 

3 operations in accordance with 
§ 107.130(b)(1); 

(b) Must not operate the small un-

manned aircraft over open-air assem-
blies of human beings; and 

(c) May only operate the small un-

manned aircraft above any human 
being if operation meets one of the fol-
lowing conditions: 

(1) The operation is within or over a 

closed- or restricted-access site and all 
human beings located within the 
closed- or restricted-access site must 
be on notice that a small unmanned 
aircraft may fly over them; or 

(2) The small unmanned aircraft does 

not maintain sustained flight over any 
human being unless that human being 
is— 

(i) Directly participating in the oper-

ation of the small unmanned aircraft; 
or 

(ii) Located under a covered struc-

ture or inside a stationary vehicle that 

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