---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 105.21"
title: "14"
number: "105.21"
heading: "Parachute operations over or into a congested area or an open-air assembly of persons."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/105.21"
---

# §105.21. Parachute operations over or into a congested area or an open-air assembly of persons.

- (a) No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft, over or into a congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or an open-air assembly of persons unless a certificate of authorization for that parachute operation has been issued under this section. However, a parachutist may drift over a congested area or an open-air assembly of persons with a fully deployed and properly functioning parachute if that parachutist is at a sufficient altitude to avoid creating a hazard to persons or property on the surface.
- (b) **An application for a certificate of authorization issued under this section must—**
  - (1) Be made in the form and manner prescribed by the Administrator, and
  - (2) Contain the information required in [§ 105.15(a)](/cfr/14/105.15.md?p=a) of this part.
- (c) Each holder of, and each person named as a participant in a certificate of authorization issued under this section must comply with all requirements contained in the certificate of authorization.
- (d) Each holder of a certificate of authorization issued under this section must present that certificate for inspection upon the request of the Administrator, or any Federal, State, or local official.

## 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.