Pre-flight Environment and Obstacle Assessment

In plain language

Look around your flying area before takeoff to identify obstacles and people. If you are flying a very light drone (under 250g or C0) in subcategory A1, you do not need to perform the formal check for uninvolved persons, though safety remains paramount.

Requirement as structured

Before starting a UAS operation, the remote pilot must observe the operating environment, check for obstacles, and check for the presence of uninvolved persons.

Original regulatory text

observe the operating environment, check the presence of obstacles and, unless operating in subcategory A1 with an unmanned aircraft referred to in points (5)(a), (5)(b) or (5)(c) of point UAS.OPEN.020, check the presence of any uninvolved person;

Applies when

category

Open

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Open