901
Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 107.3
107.51
Operating limitations for small un-
manned aircraft.
Subpart C—Remote Pilot Certification
107.52
ATC transponder equipment prohibi-
tion.
107.53
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
Broadcast (ADS–B) Out prohibition.
107.56
Applicability.
107.57
Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
107.59
Refusal to submit to an alcohol test
or to furnish test results.
107.61
Eligibility.
107.63
Issuance of a remote pilot certificate
with a small UAS rating.
107.64
Temporary certificate.
107.65
Aeronautical knowledge recency.
107.67
Knowledge tests: General procedures
and passing grades.
107.69
Knowledge tests: Cheating or other
unauthorized conduct.
107.71
Retesting after failure.
107.73
Knowledge and training.
107.74
Small unmanned aircraft system
training.
107.77
Change of name or address.
107.79
Voluntary surrender of certificate.
Subpart D—Operations Over Human
Beings
107.100
Applicability.
107.105
Limitations on operations over
human beings.
107.110
Category 1 operations.
107.115
Category 2 operations: Operating re-
quirements.
107.120
Category 2 operations: Eligibility of
small unmanned aircraft and other appli-
cant requirements.
107.125
Category 3 operations: Operating re-
quirements.
107.130
Category 3 operations: Eligibility of
small unmanned aircraft and other appli-
cant requirements.
107.135
Labeling by remote pilot in com-
mand for Category 2 and 3 operations.
107.140
Category 4 operations.
107.145
Operations over moving vehicles.
107.150
Variable mode and variable configu-
ration of small unmanned aircraft.
107.155
Means of compliance.
107.160
Declaration of compliance.
107.165
Record retention.
Subpart E—Waivers
107.200
Waiver policy and requirements.
107.205
List of regulations subject to waiver.
A
UTHORITY
: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note,
40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807.
S
OURCE
: Docket FAA–2015–0150, Amdt. 107–
1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise
noted.
Subpart A—General
§ 107.1
Applicability.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this section, this part applies to
the registration, airman certification,
and operation of civil small unmanned
aircraft systems within the United
States. This part also applies to the
eligibility of civil small unmanned air-
craft systems to operate over human
beings in the United States.
(b) This part does not apply to the
following:
(1) Air carrier operations;
(2) Any aircraft subject to the provi-
sions of 49 U.S.C. 44809;
(3) Any operation that the holder of
an exemption under section 333 of Pub-
lic Law 112–95 or 49 U.S.C. 44807 elects
to conduct pursuant to the exemption,
unless otherwise specified in the ex-
emption; or
(4) Any operation that a person elects
to conduct under part 91 of this chapter
with a small unmanned aircraft system
that has been issued an airworthiness
certificate.
[Amdt. No. 107–8, 86 FR 4381, Jan. 15, 2021]
§ 107.2
Applicability of certification
procedures for products and arti-
cles.
The provisions of part 21 of this chap-
ter do not apply to small unmanned
aircraft systems operated under this
part unless the small unmanned air-
craft system will operate over human
beings in accordance with § 107.140.
[Amdt. No. 107–8, 86 FR 4381, Jan. 15, 2021]
§ 107.3
Definitions.
The following definitions apply to
this part. If there is a conflict between
the definitions of this part and defini-
tions specified in § 1.1 of this chapter,
the definitions in this part control for
purposes of this part:
Control station means an interface
used by the remote pilot to control the
flight path of the small unmanned air-
craft.
Corrective lenses means spectacles or
contact lenses.
Declaration of compliance means a
record submitted to the FAA that cer-
tifies the small unmanned aircraft con-
forms to the Category 2 or Category 3
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§ 107.5
requirements under subpart D of this
part.
Small unmanned aircraft means an un-
manned aircraft weighing less than 55
pounds on takeoff, including every-
thing that is on board or otherwise at-
tached to the aircraft.
Small unmanned aircraft system (small
UAS) means a small unmanned aircraft
and its associated elements (including
communication links and the compo-
nents that control the small unmanned
aircraft) that are required for the safe
and efficient operation of the small un-
manned aircraft in the national air-
space system.
Unmanned aircraft means an aircraft
operated without the possibility of di-
rect human intervention from within
or on the aircraft.
Visual observer means a person who is
designated by the remote pilot in com-
mand to assist the remote pilot in com-
mand and the person manipulating the
flight controls of the small UAS to see
and avoid other air traffic or objects
aloft or on the ground.
[Docket FAA–2015–0150, Amdt. 107–1, 81 FR
42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Amdt. No.
107–8, 86 FR 4381, Jan. 15, 2021]
§ 107.5
Falsification, reproduction, or
alteration.
(a) No person may make or cause to
be made—
(1) Any fraudulent or intentionally
false record or report that is required
to be made, kept, or used to show com-
pliance with any requirement under
this part.
(2) Any reproduction or alteration,
for fraudulent purpose, of any certifi-
cate, rating, authorization, record or
report under this part.
(b) The commission by any person of
an act prohibited under paragraph (a)
of this section is a basis for any of the
following:
(1) Denial of an application for a re-
mote pilot certificate or a certificate
of waiver;
(2) Denial of a declaration of compli-
ance;
(3) Suspension or revocation of any
certificate, waiver, or declaration of
compliance issued or accepted by the
Administrator under this part and held
by that person; or
(4) A civil penalty.
[Docket FAA–2015–0150, Amdt. 107–1, 81 FR
42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Amdt. No.
107–8, 86 FR 4381, Jan. 15, 2021]
§ 107.7
Inspection, testing, and dem-
onstration of compliance.
(a) A remote pilot in command,
owner, or person manipulating the
flight controls of a small unmanned
aircraft system must—
(1) Have in that person’s physical
possession and readily accessible the
remote pilot certificate with a small
UAS rating and identification when ex-
ercising the privileges of that remote
pilot certificate.
(2) Present his or her remote pilot
certificate with a small UAS rating
and identification that contains the in-
formation listed at § 107.67(b)(1)
through (3) for inspection upon a re-
quest from—
(i) The Administrator;
(ii) An authorized representative of
the National Transportation Safety
Board;
(iii) Any Federal, State, or local law
enforcement officer; or
(iv) An authorized representative of
the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration.
(3) Make available, upon request, to
the Administrator any document,
record, or report required to be kept
under the regulations of this chapter.
(b) The remote pilot in command,
visual observer, owner, operator, or
person manipulating the flight controls
of a small unmanned aircraft system
must, upon request, allow the Adminis-
trator to make any test or inspection
of the small unmanned aircraft system,
the remote pilot in command, the per-
son manipulating the flight controls of
a small unmanned aircraft system,
and, if applicable, the visual observer
to determine compliance with this
part.
(c) Any person holding an FAA-ac-
cepted declaration of compliance under
subpart D of this part must, upon re-
quest, make available to the Adminis-
trator:
(1) The declaration of compliance re-
quired under subpart D of this part;
and
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