This part prescribes rules governing the operation of ultralight vehicles in the United States. For the purposes of this part, an ultralight vehicle is a vehicle that:
(a) Is used or intended to be used for manned operation in the air by a single occupant;
(b) Is used or intended to be used for recreation or sport purposes only;
(c) Does not have any U.S. or foreign airworthiness certificate; and
(d) If unpowered, weighs less than 155 pounds; or
(e) If powered:
(1) Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight, excluding floats and safety devices which are intended for deployment in a potentially catastrophic situation;
(2) Has a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons;
(3) Is not capable of more than 55 knots calibrated airspeed at full power in level flight; and
(4) Has a power-off stall speed which does not exceed 24 knots calibrated airspeed.
Notes of Decisions
Don R. Ickes v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 299 F.3d 260 (3rd Cir. 2002).
· cites it 3× “14 C.F.R. § 103.1 (2002). Unlike “aircraft,” which can be operated only if registered under 49 U.”
People v. Kluga, 32 Cal. App. 3d 409 (Cal. Ct. App. 1973).
· cites it 2× “" The code sets forth in detail those articles that are characterized as dangerous (14 C.F.R. 103.1; 49 C.F.R. 170-189), but for our purposes, it is necessary only to say that many of these articles are smaller and lighter than a package of cigarettes.”
Guillot v. Brooks, 651 So. 2d 345 (La. Ct. App. 1995).
“NOTES [1] Under both state and federal regulations, Federal Air Regulations Part 103 ( 14 C.F.R. § 103.1 , et seq. ) and 9 La.Reg.”
United States v. Red Frame Parasail, 160 F. Supp. 2d 1048 (D. Ariz. 2001).
“Alternatively, 14 C.F.R. § 103.1 mandates that ultralight vehicles be “used for recreation or sport purposes only.”
Town of New Paltz v. Ale, 102 A.D.2d 119 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984).
· cites it 2× “According to Federal regulations, an ultralight aircraft is a one-person vehicle intended for recreational or sport use, having no United States or foreign airworthiness certificate, and, if unpowered, weighing less than 155 pounds (14 CFR 103.1). Powered ultralights weigh less…”
Matthew J. Hopkins v. Marion C. Blakey, 237 F. App'x 123 (8th Cir. 2007).
“” For reversal, Hopkins argues that, at the time of the August 2003 incident, he was the sole occupant of the Paraseender II, and it therefore qualified as an “ultralight vehicle” under Part 103 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), 14 C.F.R. § 103.1 (“an ultralight vehicle…”
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