14 CFR § 107.39 - Operation over human beings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s107.39"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 107.39 - Operation over human beings."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "107.39"
section_name: "Operation over human beings."
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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# 107.39 Operation over human beings.

No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft over a human being unless—

(a) That human being is directly participating in the operation of the small unmanned aircraft;

(b) That human being is located under a covered structure or inside a stationary vehicle that can provide reasonable protection from a falling small unmanned aircraft; or

(c) The operation meets the requirements of at least one of the operational categories specified in subpart D of this part.

[Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021]