---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 107.9"
title: "14"
number: "107.9"
heading: "Safety event reporting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/107.9"
---

# §107.9. Safety event reporting.


No later than 10 calendar days after an operation that meets the criteria of either paragraph [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b) of this section, a remote pilot in command must report to the FAA, in a manner acceptable to the Administrator, any operation of the small unmanned aircraft involving at least:

- (a) Serious injury to any person or any loss of consciousness; or
- (b) Damage to any property, other than the small unmanned aircraft, unless one of the following conditions is satisfied:
  - (1) The cost of repair (including materials and labor) does not exceed $500; or
  - (2) **The fair market value of the property does not exceed $500 in the event of total loss.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 107-10, 87 FR 75846, Dec. 9 2022]

### 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 Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 107-10, 87 FR 75846, Dec. 9 2022]