Title: 
Headings: 
FAA
 
Guide
 
to
 
Low-Flying
 
Aircraft
 

91.119
 
Minimum
 
safe
 
altitudes;
 
general
  


Content: Was
 
the
 
aircraft
 
level
 
with
 
or
 
below
 
the
 
elevation
 
of
 
a
 
prominent
 
object
 
such
 
as
 
a
 
tower
 
or
 
building? Once
 
we
 
have
 
the
 
appropriate
 
facts,
 
personnel
 
from
 
the
 
Flight
 
Standards
 
District
 
Office
 
(FSDO)
 
will
 
attempt
 
to
 
identify
 
the
 
offending
 
aircraft
 
operator. We
 
can
 
do
 
this
 
in
 
several
 
ways. For
 
example,
 
we
 
can
 
check
 
aircraft
 
flight
 
records
 
with
 
our
 
air
 
traffic
 
control
 
information
 
and/or
 
sightings
 
from
 
other
 
observers,
 
such
 
as
 
local
 
law
 
enforcement
 
officers. We
 
may
 
need
 
to
 
trace
 
and
 
contact
 
the
 
registered
 
aircraft
 
owner,
 
since
 
the
 
owner
 
and
 
operator
 
may
 
be
 
two
 
different
 
people. Following
 
is
 
Title
 
14
 
of
 
the
 
Code
 
of
 
Federal
 
Regulations,
 
Section
 
91.119
 
of
 
the
 
General
 
Operating
 
and
 
Flight
 
Rules,
 
which
 
specifically
 
prohibits
 
low
 
flying
 
aircraft. 91.119
 
Minimum
 
safe
 
altitudes; general
  
Except
 
when
 
necessary
 
for
 
takeoff
 
or
 
landing,
 
no
 
person
 
may
 
operate
 
an
 
aircraft
 
below
 
the
 
following
 
altitudes: Anywhere
 
–
 
An
 
altitude
 
allowing,
 
if
 
a
 
power
 
unit
 
fails,
 
an
 
emergency
 
landing
 
without
 
undue
 
hazard
 
to
 
persons
 
or
 
property
 
on
 
the
 
surface. Over
 
congested
 
areas
 
–
 
Over
 
any
 
congested
 
area
 
of
 
a
 
city,
 
town,
 
or
 
settlement,
 
or
 
over
 
any
 
open-air
 
assembly
 
of
 
persons,
 
an
 
altitude
 
of
 
1,000
 
feet
 
above
 
the
 
highest
 
obstacle
 
within
 
a
 
horizontal
 
radius
 
of
 
2,000
 
feet
 
of
 
the
 
aircraft.