14 C.F.R. § 91.209

Aircraft lights

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No person may:

(a) During the period from sunset to sunrise (or, in Alaska, during the period a prominent unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3 statute miles or the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon)—

(1) Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights;

(2) Park or move an aircraft in, or in dangerous proximity to, a night flight operations area of an airport unless the aircraft—

(i) Is clearly illuminated;

(ii) Has lighted position lights; or

(iii) is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights;

(3) Anchor an aircraft unless the aircraft—

(i) Has lighted anchor lights; or

(ii) Is in an area where anchor lights are not required on vessels; or

(b) Operate an aircraft that is equipped with an anticollision light system, unless it has lighted anticollision lights. However, the anticollision lights need not be lighted when the pilot-in-command determines that, because of operating conditions, it would be in the interest of safety to turn the lights off.

[Docket 27806, 61 FR 5171, Feb. 9, 1996]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1987–1987 · leading case: Amanda Hudson Beck, a Minor, by John H. Chain, Her Next Friend v. Susan Leslie Thompson, of the Est. of James P. Thompson, Deceased, 818 F.2d 1204 (5th Cir. 1987).

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Amanda Hudson Beck, a Minor, by John H. Chain, Her Next Friend v. Susan Leslie Thompson, of the Est. of James P. Thompson, Deceased, 818 F.2d 1204 (5th Cir. 1987). “The plaintiff also argues that Thompson violated 14 C.F.R. § 91.209 by flying despite light rime icing conditions and was therefore negligent per se.”

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