---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 105.19"
title: "14"
number: "105.19"
heading: "Parachute operations between sunset and sunrise."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/105.19"
---

# §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)](#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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113-40114, 44701-44702, 44721.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-1999-5483, 66 FR 23553, May 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted.