Pre-Manoeuvre Site Suitability Check

In plain language

Before you take off, launch, land, or recover your drone, you must confirm that the site you are using is suitable and safe for that specific action.

Requirement as structured

The pilot of a remotely piloted aircraft must ensure that the site set aside for take-off, launch, landing, or recovery is suitable for the intended operation.

Original regulatory text

A pilot of a remotely piloted aircraft shall, before take-off, launch, approach, landing or recovery, ... (b) ensure that the site set aside for take-off, launch, landing or recovery, as the case may be, is suitable for the intended operation.

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

General