---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 437.53"
title: "14"
number: "437.53"
heading: "Pre-flight and post-flight operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/437.53"
---

# §437.53. Pre-flight and post-flight operations.


A permittee must protect the public from adverse effects of hazardous operations and systems in preparing a reusable suborbital vehicle for flight at a launch site in the United States and returning the reusable suborbital vehicle and any support equipment to a safe condition after flight. At a minimum, a permittee must—

- (a) Establish a safety clear zone that will contain the adverse effects of each operation involving a hazard; and
- (b) **Verify that the public is outside of the safety clear zone before and during any hazardous operation.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, Amdt. No. 437-0, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437-4, 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, Amdt. No. 437-0, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437-4, 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024]