14 CFR § 107.15 - Condition for safe operation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s107.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 107.15 - Condition for safe operation."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "107.15"
section_name: "Condition for safe operation."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "107"
part_name: "SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS"
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), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "107"
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# 107.15 Condition for safe operation.

(a) No person may operate a civil small unmanned aircraft system unless it is in a condition for safe operation. Prior to each flight, the remote pilot in command must check the small unmanned aircraft system to determine whether it is in a condition for safe operation.

(b) No person may continue flight of the small unmanned aircraft when he or she knows or has reason to know that the small unmanned aircraft system is no longer in a condition for safe operation.