Prohibition on Sustained Flight Over Moving Vehicles for Category 1, 2, or 3

In plain language

If you are not in a closed/restricted site with notified occupants, you must not hover or maintain sustained flight directly over moving vehicles; you may only cross over them transiently.

Requirement as structured

For Category 1, 2, or 3 operations, the small unmanned aircraft must not maintain sustained flight over moving vehicles unless operating within a closed- or restricted-access site with notice.

Original regulatory text

(b) For an operation under Category 1, Category 2, or Category 3, the small unmanned aircraft, throughout the operation— ... (2) Must not maintain sustained flight over moving vehicles.

Applies when

country

United States

authority

FAA

operation

operations over moving vehicles

subcategory

Category 1, 2, or 3

regulatory category

General