14 CFR § 101.7 - Hazardous operations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s101.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 101.7 - Hazardous operations."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "101.7"
section_name: "Hazardous operations."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "101"
part_name: "MOORED BALLOONS, KITES, AMATEUR ROCKETS, AND UNMANNED FREE BALLOONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101 note, 40103, 40113-40114, 45302, 44502, 44514, 44701-44702, 44721, 46308."
cfr_part: "101"
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# 101.7 Hazardous operations.
(a) No person may operate any moored balloon, kite, amateur rocket, or unmanned free balloon in a manner that creates a hazard to other persons, or their property.
(b) No person operating any moored balloon, kite, amateur rocket, or unmanned free balloon may allow an object to be dropped therefrom, if such action creates a hazard to other persons or their property.
(Sec. 6(c), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))
[Docket 12800, 39 FR 22252, June 21, 1974, as amended at 74 FR 38092, July 31, 2009]