CBO Safety Guidelines for Specific Operations
Verified from official sourcesAC 91-57C ¶ 3.3.2.9Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
If you fly under a CBO's safety guidelines, those guidelines should have specific rules for specialized operations like racing, aerobatics, or flying turbine-powered aircraft.
Requirement as structured
The FAA recommends that Community-Based Organizations include specific safety procedures, standards, and limitations in their safety guidelines for specialized operations such as large aircraft, turbine engines, combat simulations, racing, aerobatics, training, and research.
Original regulatory text
In addition to general guidelines addressed throughout this AC, comprehensive safety guidelines should include safety procedures, standards, limitations, and guidelines for specific types of operations that will be conducted by recreational flyers operating under that CBO’s safety guidelines, such as, but not limited to: 1. UA more than 55 pounds... 2. Turbine engine operations. 3. Combat simulations. 4. Racing operations. 5. Aerobatics. 6. Training. 7. Research conducted by institutions of higher education.
Applies when
- country
- United States
- operation
- recreational
- regulatory category
- General