Skydiver's Information Manual (original) (raw)

2-3: Federal Aviation Regulations

The FAA’s main responsibility is to provide for the safety of air traffic, as well as persons and property on the ground. The FAA does this by certificating pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers and parachute riggers and by requiring approval data for aircraft and parachutes. The agency has the authority to impose fines and suspend or revoke certificates it has issued. In the case of a skydiving violation, the FAA can fine the pilot, rigger, and the jumpers, as well as suspend or revoke the certificates of pilots and riggers. The FAA relies upon self-policing from within the skydiving community for most training and operational requirements.

Important Reference Numbers

FAR Part 61 (excerpts), pilot certification
FAR Part 65 (excerpts), parachute riggers
FAR 91 (excerpts), general flight rules pertaining to skydiving operations
FAR Part 105 (all), skydiving
FAR Part 119 (excerpts), limits of jump flights
AC 90-66, multi-users at uncontrolled airports
AC 105-2E, sport parachuting
FAA Air Traffic Bulletins, information for air traffic controllers

PART 61—Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors

Found in SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN

https://uspa.org/far/61

Important sections to note:

Sec. 61.1: Applicability and definitions

Sec. 61.3: Requirement for certificates, ratings, and authorizations

Sec. 61.23: Medical certificates: Requirement and duration

Sec. 61.51: Pilot logbooks

Sec. 61.56: Flight review

Sec. 61.57: Recent flight experience: Pilot in command

Sec. 61.133: Commercial pilot privileges and limitations

PART 65—Certification: Airmen Other Than Flight Crewmembers

Found in SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN

https://uspa.org/far/65

Important sections to note:

Sec. 65.1: Applicability

Sec. 65.11: Application and issue

Sec. 65.12: Offenses involving alcohol or drugs

Sec. 65.15: Duration of certificates

Sec. 65.16: Change of name: Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate

Sec. 65.17: Tests: General procedure

Sec. 65.18: Written tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct

Sec. 65.19: Retesting after failure

Sec. 65.20: Applications, certificates, logbooks, reports, and records: Falsification, reproduction, or alteration

Sec. 65.21: Change of address

Sec. 65.111: Certificate required

Sec. 65.113: Eligibility requirements: General

Sec. 65.115 Senior parachute rigger certificate: Experience, knowledge, and skill requirements

Sec. 65.117: Military riggers or former military riggers: Special certification rule

Sec. 65.119: Master parachute rigger certificate: Experience, knowledge, and skill requirements

Sec. 65.121: Type ratings

Sec. 65.123: Additional type ratings: Requirements

Sec. 65.125: Certificates: Privileges (uspa.org/far/65/125)

Sec. 65.127: Facilities and equipment

Sec. 65.129 Performance standards (uspa.org/far/65/129)

Sec. 65.131: Records

Sec. 65.133: Seal

PART 91—General Operating and Flight Rules

Found in SUBCHAPTER F—Air Traffic and General Operating Rules

https://uspa.org/far/91

Important sections to note:

Sec. 91.1: Applicability

Sec. 91.3: Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command (uspa.org/far/91/3)

Sec. 91.5: Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot

Sec. 91.7: Civil aircraft airworthiness

Sec. 91.11: Prohibition on interference with crewmembers

Sec. 91.13: Careless or reckless operation

Sec. 91.15 Dropping objects (uspa.org/far/91/15)

Sec. 91.17: Alcohol or drugs (uspa.org/far/91/17)

Sec. 91.19: Carriage of narcotic drugs, marihuana, and depressant or stimulant drugs or substances

Sec. 91.101: Applicability

Sec. 91.103 Preflight action

Sec. 91.107: Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems (uspa.org/far/91/107)

Sec. 91.111: Operating near other aircraft

Sec. 91.113: Right-of-way rules: Except water operations

Sec. 91.119: Minimum safe altitudes: General

Sec. 91.126: Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace

Sec. 91.127 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace

Sec. 91.151 Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions (uspa.org/far/91/151)

Sec. 91.155: Basic VFR weather minimums (uspa.org/far/91/155)

Sec. 91.211: Supplemental oxygen (uspa.org/far/91/211)

Sec. 91.215: ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use.

Sec. 91.223: Terrain awareness and warning system

Sec. 91.225: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use

Sec. 91.307: Parachutes and parachuting

Sec. 91.403: General

Sec. 91.409: Inspections (uspa.org/far/91/409)

PART 105—Parachute Operations

Found in SUBCHAPTER F—Air Traffic and General Operating Rules

https://uspa.org/far/105

Important sections to note:

Sec. 105.1 Applicability

Sec. 105.3 Definitions (uspa.org/far/105/3)

Sec. 105.5 General

Sec. 105.7 Use of alcohol and drugs (uspa.org/far/105/7)

Sec. 105.9 Inspections

Sec. 105.13 Radio equipment and use requirements (uspa.org/far/105/13)

Sec. 105.15 Information required and notice of cancellation or postponement of a parachute operation (uspa.org/far/105/15)

Sec. 105.17 Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements (uspa.org/far/105/17)

Sec. 105.19 Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise (uspa.org/far/105/19)

Sec. 105.21 Parachute operations over or into a congested area or an open-air assembly of persons (uspa.org/far/105/21)

Sec. 105.23 Parachute operations over or onto airports (uspa.org/far/105/23)

Sec. 105.25 Parachute operations in designated airspace (uspa.org/far/105/25)

Sec. 105.41 Applicability

Sec. 105.43 Use of single-harness, dual-parachute systems (uspa.org/far/105/43)

Sec. 105.45 Use of tandem parachute systems (uspa.org/far/105/45)

Sec. 105.47 Use of static lines (uspa.org/far/105/47)

Sec. 105.49 Foreign parachutists and equipment

PART 119—Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators

Found in SUBCHAPTER G—Air Carriers and Operators for Compensation or Hire: Certification and Operations

https://uspa.org/far/119

2-4: Other FAA Guidance

Advisory Circulars

| uspa.org/far/AC90-66B AC 90-66B—Recommended Standard Traffic Patterns and Practices for Aeronautical Operations at Airports without Operating Control Towers | | uspa.org/far/AC105-2E AC 105-2E— Sport Parachuting Contains information about TSO for parachutes, deployment-assisted devices for static line, parachute operations onto and over airports, aircraft inspections, jump pilot responsibilities, exhibition jumping, parachute packing, repairs and alterations, door removal, and field approval process. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Seats and Restraint Systems

uspa.org/far/seatbelts

Air Traffic Bulletins

uspa.org/far/ATB