Waiver Safety Explanation Requirements

In plain language

When applying for a waiver, you must use the 'Waiver Safety Explanation' field to describe your flight, list potential hazards, and explain how you will keep the operation safe. If you do not provide sufficient risk mitigations, the FAA will deny your application.

Requirement as structured

Applicants must identify operational risks and propose risk mitigation strategies in the Waiver Safety Explanation field to avoid application disapproval.

Original regulatory text

If your waiver application does not identify operational hazards and propose risk mitigation strategies, we will not be able to make a complete safety analysis and will disapprove your application based on insufficient information.

Applies when

country

United States

operation

Part 107 small UAS operation

operation regime

part_107

aircraft category

small unmanned aircraft (under 55 lb)

regulatory category

General