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§ 105.25 

is under a properly functioning open 
parachute until that person or object 
reaches the surface. 

§ 105.21

Parachute operations over or 

into a congested area or an open-air 
assembly of persons. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a para-
chute operation to be conducted from 
that aircraft, over or into a congested 
area of a city, town, or settlement, or 
an open-air assembly of persons unless 
a certificate of authorization for that 
parachute operation has been issued 
under this section. However, a para-
chutist may drift over a congested area 
or an open-air assembly of persons with 
a fully deployed and properly func-
tioning parachute if that parachutist is 
at a sufficient altitude to avoid cre-
ating a hazard to persons or property 
on the surface. 

(b) An application for a certificate of 

authorization issued under this section 
must— 

(1) Be made in the form and manner 

prescribed by the Administrator, and 

(2) Contain the information required 

in § 105.15(a) of this part. 

(c) Each holder of, and each person 

named as a participant in a certificate 
of authorization issued under this sec-
tion must comply with all require-
ments contained in the certificate of 
authorization. 

(d) Each holder of a certificate of au-

thorization issued under this section 
must present that certificate for in-
spection upon the request of the Ad-
ministrator, or any Federal, State, or 
local official. 

§ 105.23

Parachute operations over or 

onto airports. 

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, over or onto any airport unless— 

(a) For airports with an operating 

control tower: 

(1) Prior approval has been obtained 

from the management of the airport to 
conduct parachute operations over or 
on that airport. 

(2) Approval has been obtained from 

the control tower to conduct parachute 
operations over or onto that airport. 

(3) Two-way radio communications 

are maintained between the pilot of the 
aircraft involved in the parachute oper-
ation and the control tower of the air-
port over or onto which the parachute 
operation is being conducted. 

(b) For airports without an operating 

control tower, prior approval has been 
obtained from the management of the 
airport to conduct parachute oper-
ations over or on that airport. 

(c) A parachutist may drift over that 

airport with a fully deployed and prop-
erly functioning parachute if the para-
chutist is at least 2,000 feet above that 
airport’s traffic pattern, and avoids 
creating a hazard to air traffic or to 
persons and property on the ground. 

§ 105.25

Parachute operations in des-

ignated airspace. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a para-
chute operation to be conducted from 
that aircraft— 

(1) Over or within a restricted area or 

prohibited area unless the controlling 
agency of the area concerned has au-
thorized that parachute operation; 

(2) Within or into a Class A, B, C, D 

airspace area without, or in violation 
of the requirements of, an air traffic 
control authorization issued under this 
section; 

(3) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) and (d) of this section, within or 
into Class E or G airspace area unless 
the air traffic control facility having 
jurisdiction over the airspace at the 
first intended exit altitude is notified 
of the parachute operation no earlier 
than 24 hours before or no later than 1 
hour before the parachute operation 
begins. 

(b) Each request for a parachute op-

eration authorization or notification 
required under this section must be 
submitted to the air traffic control fa-
cility having jurisdiction over the air-
space at the first intended exit altitude 
and must include the information pre-
scribed by § 105.15(a) of this part. 

(c) For the purposes of paragraph 

(a)(3) of this section, air traffic control 

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