14 CFR § 105.19 - Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s105.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 105.19 - Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "105.19"
section_name: "Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "105"
part_name: "PARACHUTE OPERATIONS"
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(g), 40113-40114, 44701-44702, 44721."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-1999-5483, 66 FR 23553, May 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "105"
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# 105.19 Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise.

(a) No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a person to conduct a parachute operation from an aircraft between sunset and sunrise, unless the person or object descending from the aircraft displays a light that is visible for at least 3 statute miles.

(b) The light required by paragraph (a) of this section must be displayed from the time that the person or object is under a properly functioning open parachute until that person or object reaches the surface.