Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 119.5

(5) Requirements for obtaining deviation authority to perform operations
under a military contract and obtaining deviation authority to perform an
emergency operation; and
(6) Requirements for management
personnel for operations conducted
under part 121 or part 135 of this chapter.
(c) Persons subject to this part must
comply with the other requirements of
this chapter, except where those requirements are modified by or where
additional requirements are imposed
by part 119, 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter.
(d) This part does not govern operations conducted under part 91, subpart
K (when common carriage is not involved) nor does it govern operations
conducted under part 129, 133, 137, or
139 of this chapter.
(e) Except for operations when common carriage is not involved conducted
with airplanes having a passenger-seat
configuration of 20 seats or more, excluding any required crewmember seat,
or a payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or
more, this part does not apply to - 
(1) Student instruction;
(2) Nonstop Commercial Air Tours
conducted after September 11, 2007, in
an airplane or helicopter having a
standard airworthiness certificate and
passenger-seat configuration of 30 seats
or fewer and a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less that begin
and end at the same airport, and are
conducted within a 25-statute mile radius of that airport, in compliance with
the Letter of Authorization issued
under Section 91.147 of this chapter. For nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted
in accordance with part 136, subpart B
of this chapter, National Parks Air
Tour Management, the requirements of
part 119 of this chapter apply unless excepted in Section 136.37(g)(2). For Nonstop
Commercial Air Tours conducted in the
vicinity of the Grand Canyon National
Park, Arizona, the requirements of
SFAR 50-2, part 93, subpart U, and part
119 of this chapter, as applicable, apply.
(3) Ferry or training flights;
(4) Aerial work operations, including - 
(i) Crop dusting, seeding, spraying,
and bird chasing;
(ii) Banner towing;

(iii) Aerial photography or survey;
(iv) Fire fighting;
(v) Helicopter operations in construction or repair work (but it does apply
to transportation to and from the site
of operations); and
(vi) Powerline or pipeline patrol;
(5) Sightseeing flights conducted in
hot air balloons;
(6) Nonstop flights conducted within
a 25-statute-mile radius of the airport
of takeoff carrying persons or objects
for the purpose of conducting intentional parachute operations.
(7) Helicopter flights conducted within a 25 statute mile radius of the airport of takeoff if - 
(i) Not more than two passengers are
carried in the helicopter in addition to
the required flightcrew;
(ii) Each flight is made under day
VFR conditions;
(iii) The helicopter used is certificated in the standard category and
complies with the 100-hour inspection
requirements of part 91 of this chapter;
(iv) The operator notifies the responsible Flight Standards office at least 72
hours before each flight and furnishes
any essential information that the office requests;
(v) The number of flights does not exceed a total of six in any calendar year;
(vi) Each flight has been approved by
the Administrator; and
(vii) Cargo is not carried in or on the
helicopter;
(8) Operations conducted under part
133 of this chapter or 375 of this title;
(9) Emergency mail service conducted under 49 U.S.C. 41906;
(10) Operations conducted under the
provisions of Section 91.321 of this chapter; or
(11) Small UAS operations conducted
under part 107 of this chapter.
[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as
amended by Amdt. 119-4, 66 FR 23557, May 9,
2001; Amdt. 119-5, 67 FR 9554, Mar. 1, 2002;
Amdt. 119-7, 68 FR 54584, Sept. 17, 2003; 72 FR
6911, Feb. 13, 2007; Docket FAA-2015-0150,
Amdt. 119-18, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016;
Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR
9172, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 119.3

[Reserved]

Section 119.5 Certifications, authorizations,
and prohibitions.
(a) A person authorized by the Administrator to conduct operations as a

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