Title: How Low Can You Go? Your Guide To Minimum VFR Altitudes | Boldmethod
Headings: How Low Can You Go? Your Guide To Minimum VFR Altitudes
How Low Can You Go? Your Guide To Minimum VFR Altitudes
Finding The Highest Obstacle Or Terrain In Your Area
FAR 91.119 Covers Minimum Safe Altitudes
You're Flying Over A Congested Area (91.119-b)
Flying Low Passes
You're Flying Over "Other Than A Congested Area" (91.119-c)
Catch-All #1: Engine Failures (91.119-a)
Catch-All #2: "Careless Or Reckless" (91.13)
"Safety" Is Subjective
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Content: You should always be thinking of an emergency landing point when you're flying. If you find yourself without a plan, you might want to reevaluate where you're flying. This goes for flying at low altitudes, especially over dense urban areas. Wikimedia
Catch-All #2: " Careless Or Reckless" (91.13)
As always, the catch-all "careless or reckless" clause applies to flying at low altitudes. The regulation reads, "no person may operate an aircraft in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another." With passengers onboard, the FAA may consider low altitude flying to endanger their lives. "Safety" Is Subjective
At the end of the day, there aren't that many reasons pilots need to operate lower than the 1000'/500' rules, except for takeoff and landing. Catastrophic failures at those altitudes leave you little room (or time) to react safely anyway. How do you plan and manage safe flights at low altitude?