---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 119.57"
title: "14"
number: "119.57"
heading: "Obtaining deviation authority to perform an emergency operation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/119.57"
---

# §119.57. Obtaining deviation authority to perform an emergency operation.

- (a) In emergency conditions, the Administrator may authorize deviations if—
  - (1) Those conditions necessitate the transportation of persons or supplies for the protection of life or property; and
  - (2) **The Administrator finds that a deviation is necessary for the expeditious conduct of the operations.**
- (b) **When the Administrator authorizes deviations for operations under emergency conditions—**
  - (1) The Administrator will issue an appropriate amendment to the certificate holder's operations specifications; or
  - (2) If the nature of the emergency does not permit timely amendment of the operations specifications—
    - (i) The Administrator may authorize the deviation orally; and
    - (ii) The certificate holder shall provide documentation describing the nature of the emergency to the responsible Flight Standards office within 24 hours after completing the operation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40102, 40103, 40113, 44105, 44106, 44111, 44701-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903, 44904, 44906, 44912, 44914, 44936, 44938, 46103, 46105; sec. 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348.

### Source

Source: Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018]