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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 107.130 

can provide reasonable protection from 
a falling small unmanned aircraft. 

[Amdt. No. 107–8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021, as 
amended by 86 FR 62473, Nov. 10, 2021] 

§ 107.130

Category 3 operations: Eligi-

bility of small unmanned aircraft 
and other applicant requirements. 

(a) To be eligible for use in Category 

3 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 the injury caused 
by a transfer of 25 foot-pounds of ki-
netic energy 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 3 operations in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section, must 
meet all of the following requirements 
for the applicant’s small unmanned air-
craft to be used in Category 3 oper-
ations: 

(1) Display a label on the small un-

manned aircraft indicating eligibility 
to conduct Category 3 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 fatality. 

§ 107.135

Labeling by remote pilot in 

command for Category 2 and 3 op-
erations. 

If a Category 2 or Category 3 label af-

fixed to a small unmanned aircraft is 
damaged, destroyed, or missing, a re-
mote pilot in command must label the 
aircraft in English such that the label 
is legible, prominent, and will remain 
on the small unmanned aircraft for the 
duration of the operation before con-
ducting operations over human beings. 
The label must correctly identify the 
category or categories of operation 
over human beings that the small un-
manned aircraft is qualified to conduct 
in accordance with this subpart. 

§ 107.140

Category 4 operations. 

(a) 

Remote pilot in command require-

ments.  To conduct Category 4 oper-
ations— 

(1) A remote pilot in command— 
(i) Must use a small unmanned air-

craft that is eligible for Category 4 op-
erations pursuant to paragraph (b) of 
this section; and 

(ii) Must operate the small unmanned 

aircraft in accordance with all oper-
ating limitations that apply to the 
small unmanned aircraft, as specified 
by the Administrator. 

(2) 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. 

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