Recommended Emergency Scenarios for Safety Guidelines

In plain language

Your CBO's safety guidelines should cover how to handle common emergencies like signal loss, power loss, losing sight of the drone, instrument failure, people or aircraft entering the area, loose parts, battery fires, and sudden bad weather.

Requirement as structured

The FAA recommends that comprehensive safety guidelines address eight specific potential in-flight emergencies, including signal loss, power loss, loss of GPS/sight, instrument failure, unexpected people/aircraft, loose parts, battery fires, and unexpected weather.

Original regulatory text

The FAA recommends that comprehensive safety guidelines address potential in-flight emergencies involving recreational flying, such as: 1. Sustained loss, weak or intermittent radio signals, control signals experiencing interference, or a UA not responding predictably to control inputs. 2. Loss of power or propulsion. 3. Loss of navigation (GPS) or loss of sight of the UA. 4. Flight instruments losing performance or displaying incorrect information. 5. Unanticipated people or aircraft entering the area of operation. 6. Parts or attachments on the UA becoming loose or breaking off. 7. Electrical arcing, or battery or component fires. 8. Unexpected weather (e.g., high winds, sudden storms, fog).

Applies when

country

United States

operation

recreational

regulatory category

General