Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 8-21-4-8 (2026)

Operation of aircraft while under influence of liquor or drugs; health disorder; dropping objects while in flight; offenses

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Sec. 8. It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to operate an aircraft while he is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance. It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to operate an aircraft if he has been diagnosed by a physician as having an active case of epilepsy or similar disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness, or if he is under the influence of any drug or medicine for treatment of such a disorder which may bring about lapses of consciousness. It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person in an aircraft to drop anything from an aircraft in flight which may create any hazard to persons or property.

Formerly: Acts 1927, c.43, s.9; Acts 1947, c.42, s.1; Acts 1951, c.39, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.862.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1978–1989 · leading case: Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989).

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Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989). “43d Indiana — Ind.Code § 8-21-4-8 Iowa — Iowa Code Ann.”

Thomas E. Bowen v. United States, 570 F.2d 1311 (7th Cir. 1978). “Ind.Code § 8-21-4-8 (1976). Finally, under Indiana law violation of a safety-oriented *1320 statute or regulation is negligence per se.”

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