C.F.R. » Title 14 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER F—AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES › PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES › Subpart B—Flight Rules

14 C.F.R. § 91.115

Right-of-way rules: Water operations

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(a) General. Each person operating an aircraft on the water shall, insofar as possible, keep clear of all vessels and avoid impeding their navigation, and shall give way to any vessel or other aircraft that is given the right-of-way by any rule of this section.

(b) Crossing. When aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, are on crossing courses, the aircraft or vessel to the other's right has the right-of-way.

(c) Approaching head-on. When aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, are approaching head-on, or nearly so, each shall alter its course to the right to keep well clear.

(d) Overtaking. Each aircraft or vessel that is being overtaken has the right-of-way, and the one overtaking shall alter course to keep well clear.

(e) Special circumstances. When aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, approach so as to involve risk of collision, each aircraft or vessel shall proceed with careful regard to existing circumstances, including the limitations of the respective craft.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1976–1996 · leading case: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Ass'n v. Fed. Aviation Admin., Wset, Inc., Intervenor, 600 F.2d 965 (D.C. Cir. 1979).
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Aircraft Owners & Pilots Ass'n v. Fed. Aviation Admin., Wset, Inc., Intervenor, 600 F.2d 965 (D.C. Cir. 1979). “See 14 C.F.R. §§ 91.115 -.129, .33(d). 13 . The FAA Administrator delegated review authority, under 14 C.”
Julian W. Rawl, Adm'r of the Est. of Edwin E. Rawl, Jr. v. United States, 778 F.2d 1009 (4th Cir. 1985). “14 C.F.R. §§ 91.115 -.129 (1983). On February 17, 1978, Rawl planned to fly his Beechcraft Bonanza from Grand Strand Airport to Greenville, North Carolina, pick up his wife there and return to Myrtle Beach in order to host an 8:00 p.”
In Re Air Crash Disaster at New Orleans (Moisant Field), Louisiana on March 20, 1969. Mary I. Cates v. United States, 544 F.2d 270 (6th Cir. 1976). “*278 14 C.F.R. § 91.115 . These same principles are spelled out even more clearly in the Airman’s Information Manual: CLEARANCE GENERAL.”
Todd v. Weikle, 376 A.2d 104 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1977). “Our review of the record reveals that the appellees never read to the jury the FAA regulation, Aeronautics and Space, 14 C.F.R. § 91.115 (a) (1976), which makes mandatory the filing of a flight plan under circumstances where weather conditions require instrument flight, For the…”
Texasgulf Inc. v. Colt Elec. Co., 615 F. Supp. 648 (S.D.N.Y. 1984). “A flight performed in accordance with IFR is governed by the Federal Aviation Regulations found in 14 C.F.R. §§ 91.115 through 91.129. 10 . Shankle had been involved in the development and production of the Phoenix GCU.”
Gustafson v. City of Lake Angelus, 76 F.3d 778 (6th Cir. 1996). “14 C.F.R. § 91.115 (a) states: Right-of-way rules: Water operations.”
Gustafson v. City of Lake Angelus, 856 F. Supp. 320 (E.D. Mich. 1993). “14 C.F.R. §§ 91.115 & 91.-119. Defendants seem willing to give up the altitude restriction, but not the landing portion.”
Knight v. United States, 498 F. Supp. 316 (E.D. Mich. 1980). “Having chosen to fly in IFR conditions, Knight had a duty to comply with the IFR procedures set forth in 14 CFR § 91.115 et seq. Section 91.119(a) requires that for flight under IFR, the pilot must fly at an altitude of at least 1000 feet above the highest obstacle, including…”
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