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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 107.12 

Corrective lenses 

means spectacles or 

contact lenses. 

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. 

§ 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) Suspension or revocation of any 

certificate or waiver issued by the Ad-
ministrator under this part and held by 
that person; or 

(3) A civil penalty. 

§ 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, upon request, 
make available to the Administrator: 

(1) The remote pilot certificate with 

a small UAS rating; and 

(2) Any other 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. 

§ 107.9

Accident reporting. 

No later than 10 calendar days after 

an operation that meets the criteria of 
either paragraph (a) or (b) of this sec-
tion, a remote pilot in command must 
report to the FAA, in a manner accept-
able to the Administrator, any oper-
ation of the small unmanned aircraft 
involving at least: 

(a) Serious injury to any person or 

any loss of consciousness; or 

(b) Damage to any property, other 

than the small unmanned aircraft, un-
less one of the following conditions is 
satisfied: 

(1) The cost of repair (including ma-

terials and labor) does not exceed $500; 
or 

(2) The fair market value of the prop-

erty does not exceed $500 in the event 
of total loss. 

Subpart B—Operating Rules 

§ 107.11

Applicability. 

This subpart applies to the operation 

of all civil small unmanned aircraft 
systems subject to this part. 

§ 107.12

Requirement for a remote 

pilot certificate with a small UAS 
rating. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, no person may ma-
nipulate the flight controls of a small 
unmanned aircraft system unless: 

(1) That person has a remote pilot 

certificate with a small UAS rating 

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