---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 107.19"
title: "14"
number: "107.19"
heading: "Remote pilot in command."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/107.19"
---

# §107.19. Remote pilot in command.

- (a) A remote pilot in command must be designated before or during the flight of the small unmanned aircraft.
- (b) The remote pilot in command is directly responsible for and is the final authority as to the operation of the small unmanned aircraft system.
- (c) The remote pilot in command must ensure that the small unmanned aircraft will pose no undue hazard to other people, other aircraft, or other property in the event of a loss of control of the small unmanned aircraft for any reason.
- (d) The remote pilot in command must ensure that the small UAS operation complies with all applicable regulations of this chapter.
- (e) The remote pilot in command must have the ability to direct the small unmanned aircraft to ensure compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021]