14 CFR § 107.23 - Hazardous operation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s107.23"
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title: "14 CFR § 107.23 - Hazardous operation."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "107.23"
section_name: "Hazardous 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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 107.23 Hazardous operation.

No person may:

(a) Operate a small unmanned aircraft system in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another; or

(b) Allow an object to be dropped from a small unmanned aircraft in a manner that creates an undue hazard to persons or property.