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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 105.15 

radio communications are first estab-
lished between the aircraft and air 
traffic control, until the pilot advises 
air traffic control that the parachute 
operation has ended for that flight. 

(ii) Advise air traffic control when 

the last parachutist or object leaves 
the aircraft. 

(b) Parachute operations must be 

aborted if, prior to receipt of a required 
air traffic control authorization, or 
during any parachute operation in or 
into controlled airspace, the required 
radio communications system is or be-
comes inoperative. 

§ 105.15

Information required and no-

tice of cancellation or postpone-
ment of a parachute operation. 

(a) Each person requesting an author-

ization under §§ 105.21(b) and 105.25(a)(2) 
of this part and each person submitting 
a notification under § 105.25(a)(3) of this 
part must provide the following infor-
mation (on an individual or group 
basis): 

(1) The date and time the parachute 

operation will begin. 

(2) The radius of the drop zone 

around the target expressed in nautical 
miles. 

(3) The location of the center of the 

drop zone in relation to— 

(i) The nearest VOR facility in terms 

of the VOR radial on which it is lo-
cated and its distance in nautical miles 
from the VOR facility when that facil-
ity is 30 nautical miles or less from the 
drop zone target; or 

(ii) the nearest airport, town, or city 

depicted on the appropriate Coast and 
Geodetic Survey World Aeronautical 
Chart or Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 
when the nearest VOR facility is more 
than 30 nautical miles from the drop 
zone target. 

(4) Each altitude above mean sea 

level at which the aircraft will be oper-
ated when parachutists or objects exist 
the aircraft. 

(5) The duration of the intended para-

chute operation. 

(6) The name, address, and telephone 

number of the person who requests the 
authorization or gives notice of the 
parachute operation. 

(7) The registration number of the 

aircraft to be used. 

(8) The name of the air traffic control 

facility with jurisdiction of the air-
space at the first intended exit altitude 
to be used for the parachute operation. 

(b) Each holder of a certificate of au-

thorization issued under §§ 105.21(b) and 
105.25(b) of this part must present that 
certificate for inspection upon the re-
quest of the Administrator or any Fed-
eral, State, or local official. 

(c) Each person requesting an author-

ization under §§ 105.21(b) and 105.25(a)(2) 
of this part and each person submitting 
a notice under § 105.25(a)(3) of this part 
must promptly notify the air traffic 
control facility having jurisdiction 
over the affected airspace if the pro-
posed or scheduled parachute operation 
is canceled or postponed. 

§ 105.17

Flight visibility and clearance 

from cloud requirements. 

No person may conduct a parachute 

operation, and no pilot in command of 
an aircraft may allow a parachute op-
eration to be conducted from that air-
craft— 

(a) Into or through a cloud, or 
(b) When the flight visibility or the 

distance from any cloud is less than 
that prescribed in the following table: 

Altitude 

Flight vis-

ibility 

(statute 

miles) 

Distance from clouds 

1,200 feet or less 

above the surface re-
gardless of the MSL 
altitude.

3  500 feet below, 1,000 

feet above, 2,000 
feet horizontal. 

More than 1,200 feet 

above the surface 
but less than 10,000 
feet MSL.

3  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  1,000 feet below, 1,000 

feet above, 1 mile 
horizontal. 

§ 105.19

Parachute operations between 

sunset and sunrise. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a person 
to conduct a parachute operation from 
an aircraft between sunset and sunrise, 
unless the person or object descending 
from the aircraft displays a light that 
is visible for at least 3 statute miles. 

(b) The light required by paragraph 

(a) of this section must be displayed 
from the time that the person or object 

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