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Civil monetary penalty 

description 

2017 min-

imum pen-

alty amount 

New min-

imum pen-

alty amount 

for viola-

tions occur-

ring on or 

after 11/27/ 

2018, ad-

justed for in-

flation 

2017 maximum penalty 

amount 

New maximum penalty 

amount for violations 

occurring on or after 

11/27/2018, adjusted 

for inflation 

49 U.S.C. 

46301(a)(5)(B)(iv).

Violation by an indi-

vidual or small busi-
ness concern of 49 
U.S.C. 44725, relat-
ing to the safe dis-
posal of life-limited 
aircraft parts.

N/A N/A 

$13,066 ........................

$13,333. 

49 U.S.C. 46301(b) 

Tampering with a 

smoke alarm device.

N/A N/A 

$4,194 ..........................

$4,280. 

49 U.S.C. 46302 ....

Knowingly providing 

false information 
about alleged viola-
tion involving the 
special aircraft juris-
diction of the United 
States.

N/A N/A 

$22,957 ........................

$23,426. 

49 U.S.C. 46318 ....

Interference with cabin 

or flight crew.

N/A N/A 

$34,731 ........................

$35,440. 

49 U.S.C. 46319 ....

Permanent closure of 

an airport without 
providing sufficient 
notice.

N/A N/A 

$13,066 ........................

$13,333. 

49 U.S.C. 46320 ....

Operating an un-

manned aircraft and 
in so doing knowingly 
or recklessly inter-
fering with a wildfire 
suppression, law en-
forcement, or emer-
gency response effort.

N/A N/A 

$20,000 ........................

$20,408. 

49 U.S.C. 47531 ....

Violation of 49 U.S.C. 

47528–47530, relat-
ing to the prohibition 
of operating certain 
aircraft not complying 
with stage 3 noise 
levels.

N/A 

N/A  See 49 U.S.C. 

46301(a)(1) and 
(a)(5), above.

See 49 U.S.C. 

46301(a)(1) and 
(a)(5), above. 

[83 FR 60741, Nov. 27, 2018] 

Subpart I—Flight Operational 

Quality Assurance Programs 

§ 13.401

Flight Operational Quality As-

surance Program: Prohibition 
against use of data for enforcement 
purposes. 

(a) 

Applicability. 

This section applies 

to any operator of an aircraft who op-
erates such aircraft under an approved 
Flight Operational Quality Assurance 
(FOQA) program. 

(b) 

Definitions. 

For the purpose of this 

section, the terms— 

(1) 

Flight Operational Quality Assur-

ance (FOQA) program 

means an FAA- 

approved program for the routine col-
lection and analysis of digital flight 
data gathered during aircraft oper-
ations, including data currently col-
lected pursuant to existing regulatory 
provisions, when such data is included 
in an approved FOQA program. 

(2) 

FOQA data 

means any digital 

flight data that has been collected 
from an individual aircraft pursuant to 
an FAA-approved FOQA program, re-
gardless of the electronic format of 
that data. 

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