§ 105.17 - Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements.  


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  • § 105.17 Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements.

    No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft -

    (a) Into or through a cloud, or

    (b) When the flight visibility or the distance from any cloud is less than that prescribed in the following table:

    Altitude Flight visibility
    (statute miles)
    Distance from clouds
    1,200 feet or less above the surface regardless of the MSL altitude 3 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal.
    More than 1,200 feet above the surface but less than 10,000 feet MSL 3 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal.
    More than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL 5 1,000 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 1 mile horizontal.