---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 437.61"
title: "14"
number: "437.61"
heading: "Landing and impact locations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/437.61"
---

# §437.61. Landing and impact locations.


For a nominal or any contingency abort landing of a reusable suborbital vehicle, or for any nominal or contingency impact or landing of a component of that reusable suborbital vehicle, a permittee must use a location that—

- (a) Is big enough to contain an impact, including debris dispersion upon impact; and
- (b) **At the time of landing or impact, does not contain any members of the public.**

## 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]