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Thread: New FAA rule for off airport landings

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    Default New FAA rule for off airport landings

    FAA Announces new endorsement needed for "Off Airport"

    I'm not sure how I feel about this...

    In light of the recent accidents/incidents involving airplanes operating "off airport," it looks like the FAA is finally starting to clamp down.

    In an unprecedented move not seen in over three decades, the FAA has announced a new addition to 14 CFR § 61.31 - Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.

    Like complex, high altitude, gliders, NVGs, and tailwheels, the Administrator has announced paragraph (L) which will now regulate landing "off-airport."

    Apparently landing on the "grass" is too dangerous for a private pilot, and will now be required to undergo 15 hrs of training from a CFI and obtain an "Off Airport" endorsement.

    Without the endorsement, the new rules allow for private pilots to only land on a "runway," which is being defined as: " A rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft along its length."

    Apparently landing in an un-improved or improvised areas will now be subject to a violation w/out this new endorsement.

    All I can say is what next....

    and Happy April Fools Day, SwoffDaddy

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    Default Re: New FAA rule for off airport landings

    This was so well written, and already expected from the FAA in light of the Trent Palmer off-airport controversy, that I was taken in until the last sentence! WELL DONE!!
    Greg Anderson
    7SS in "production" : https://eaabuilderslog.org/?s=ganderson
    Richland, WA

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    Default Re: New FAA rule for off airport landings

    well it is a article from another site, backcountry pilots. But it was too funny to not pass along.

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    you had me. Funny crap.
    Nicholas Cardoza
    N6735E / N27RF

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    Default Re: New FAA rule for off airport landings

    Good one, but don't give em any ideas .

    Rick

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    Default Re: New FAA rule for off airport landings

    FAA motto: We're not happy until you're not happy!
    Today is not April Fools day, so I consider this motto to be accurate and true.
    EAA, AOPA
    KF5 (N49FK & N36KJ)
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    Default Re: New FAA rule for off airport landings

    I'm going to wait until my blood pressure subsides before I write anything.

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