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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-18 (2026)
Dangerous flying a misdemeanor
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Any airman or passenger who, while in flight over a thickly inhabited area or over a public gathering within this State, shall engage in trick or acrobatic flying, or in any acrobatic feat, or shall except while in landing or taking off, fly at such a low level as to disturb the public peace or the rights of private persons in the enjoyment of their homes, or injure the health, or endanger the persons or property on the surface beneath, or drop any object except loose water or loose sand ballast, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1929, c. 190, s. 9; 1947, c. 1001, s. 2; 1971, c. 936, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 493; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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case, 1949–1949 · leading case: Barrier v. Troutman, 55 S.E.2d 923 (N.C. 1949).
Barrier v. Troutman, 55 S.E.2d 923 (N.C. 1949). “317 , it was said: “That it is a nuisance, which annoys and disturbs one in the possession of his property, rendering its ordinary use and occupation physically uncomfortable to him.”
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