FEDERAL
AVIATION REGULATION
PART
103—ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES
______________________________________
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g),
40103–40104, 40113, 44701.
Source: Docket No. 21631, 47
FR 38776, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart
A—General
§
103.1 Applicability
This part prescribes rules
governing the operation of ultralight vehicles in the United States.
For the purposes of this part, an
ultralight vehicle is a vehicle that:
(a) Is used or intended to be
used for manned operation in the air by a single occupant;
(b) Is used or intended to be
used for recreation or sport purposes only;
(c) Does not have any U.S. or
foreign airworthiness certificate; and
(d) If unpowered, weighs less
than 155 pounds; or
(e) If powered:
(1) Weighs less than
254 pounds empty weight, excluding floats and safety devices which are intended for
deployment in a potentially catastrophic situation;
(2) Has a fuel
capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons;
(3) Is not capable
of more than 55 knots calibrated airspeed at full power in level
flight; and
(4) Has a power-off
stall speed which does not exceed 24 knots calibrated airspeed.
§
103.3 Inspection requirements.
(a) Any person operating an
ultralight vehicle under this part shall, upon request, allow the Administrator, or his
designee, to inspect the vehicle to determine the applicability of
this part.
(b) The pilot or operator of
an ultralight vehicle must, upon request of the Administrator,
furnish satisfactory evidence that the
vehicle is subject only to the provisions of this part.
§
103.5 Waivers.
No person may conduct
operations that require a deviation from this part except under a
written waiver issued by the
Administrator.
§
103.7 Certification and registration.
(a) Notwithstanding any other
section pertaining to certification of aircraft or their parts or equipment, ultralight vehicles
and their component parts and equipment are not required to meet the airworthiness
certification standards specified for aircraft or to have
certificates of airworthiness.
(b) Notwithstanding any other
section pertaining to airman certification, operators of ultralight vehicles are not required to
meet any aeronautical knowledge, age, or experience requirements to operate those vehicles or to
have airman or medical certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding any other
section pertaining to registration and marking of aircraft,
ultralight vehicles are not required to
be registered or to bear markings of any type.
Subpart
B—Operating Rules
§
103.9 Hazardous operations.
(a) No person may operate any
ultralight vehicle in a manner that creates a hazard to other persons or property.
(b) No person may allow an
object to be dropped from an ultralight vehicle if such action
creates a hazard to other persons or
property.
§
103.11 Daylight operations.
(a) No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle except between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph
(a) of this section, ultralight vehicles may be operated during the twilight periods 30 minutes
before official sunrise and 30 minutes after official sunset or, in Alaska, during the period of
civil twilight as defined in the Air Almanac, if:
(1) The vehicle is
equipped with an operating anticollision light visible for at least 3 statute miles; and
(2) All operations
are conducted in uncontrolled airspace.
§
103.13 Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules.
(a) Each person operating an
ultralight vehicle shall maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid aircraft and shall yield the
right-of-way to all aircraft.
(b) No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle in a manner that creates a collision hazard with respect to any aircraft.
(c) Powered ultralights shall
yield the right-of-way to unpowered ultralights.
§
103.15 Operations over congested areas.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open
air assembly of persons.
§
103.17 Operations in certain airspace.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle within Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral
boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that person has
prior authorization from the ATC facility having jurisdiction over that airspace.
[Amdt. 103–17, 56 FR 65662,
Dec. 17, 1991]
§
103.19 Operations in prohibited or restricted areas.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle in prohibited or restricted areas unless that
person has permission from the using
or controlling agency, as appropriate.
§
103.20 Flight restrictions in the proximity of certain areas
designated by notice to airmen.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle in areas designated in a Notice to Airmen under §91.137, §91.138, §91.141,
§91.143 or §91.145 of this chapter, unless authorized by:
(a) Air Traffic Control (ATC);
or
(b) A Flight Standards
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization issued for the demonstration
or event.
[Doc. No. FAA–2000–8274,
66 FR 47378, Sept. 11, 2001]
§
103.21 Visual reference with the surface.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle except by visual reference with the surface.
§
103.23 Flight visibility and cloud clearance requirements.
No person may operate an
ultralight vehicle when the flight visibility or distance from clouds
is less than that in the table
found below. All operations in Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D airspace or Class E airspace
designated for an airport must receive prior ATC authorization as required in §103.17 of this
part.
Airspace
|
Flight
visibility
|
Distance
from clouds
|
Class A
|
Not
applicable
|
Not
applicable
|
Class B
|
3 statute
miles
|
Clear of
Clouds.
|
Class C
|
3 statute
miles
|
500 feet
below.
1,000 feet
above.
2,000 feet
horizontal.
|
Class D
|
3 statute
miles
|
500 feet
below.
1,000 feet
above.
2,000 feet
horizontal.
|
Class E:
|
||
Less
than 10,000 feet MSL
|
3 statute
miles
|
500 feet
below.
1,000 feet
above.
2,000 feet
horizontal.
|
At
or above 10,000 feet MSL
|
5 statute
miles
|
1,000 feet
below.
1,000 feet
above.
1 statute
mile
horizontal.
|
Class G:
|
||
1,200 feet
or less above the surface (regardless 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
horizontal.
|
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
horizontal.
|
[Amdt. 103–17, 56 FR 65662,
Dec. 17, 1991]
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