Required Documentation for Road Operation Permits

Verified from official sources
4.3Version 1Effective -Verified 31 August 2026

In plain language

To get approval to fly over medium or high-risk roads, you must submit a safety assessment proving your drone's low failure rate for your Operator Permit, plus a risk assessment and specific road-crossing procedures for your Activity Permit.

Requirement as structured

CAAS requires applicants for high or medium-risk road operations to submit a Compliance Checklist, System Safety Assessment, and proof of the required UAS failure probability for the Operator Permit, as well as a risk assessment and operational procedures for the Activity Permit.

Original regulatory text

High Risk Road Provide the following: 1. Compliance Checklist 2. System Safety Assessment 3. Supporting documents to show that the UA has probability of a catastrophic failure condition of 1x10-6 per flight hour... Provide the following: 1. Compliance Checklist 2. Risk assessment 3. Operational Process and procedures to mitigate risk of UA operations over roads

Applies when

operation
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