Special Flight Operations Certificate for Prohibited Payloads

In plain language

If you need to carry weapons, hazardous payloads, or line-attached payloads outside of manual specs, you must obtain and follow a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) - RPAS.

Requirement as structured

A pilot may operate a remotely piloted aircraft system when the aircraft is transporting a payload referred to in subsection (1) if the operation is conducted in accordance with a special flight operations certificate — RPAS issued under section 903.03.

Original regulatory text

A pilot may operate a remotely piloted aircraft system when the aircraft is transporting a payload referred to in subsection (1) if the operation is conducted in accordance with a special flight operations certificate — RPAS issued under section 903.03.

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

General