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251-B – Flight School Background Checks.

§ 251-b. Flight school background checks. 1. For the purposes of this section: “Criminal history information” shall mean a record of all convictions of crimes maintained on an individual by the division of criminal justice services pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision four of section eight hundred thirty-seven of the executive law. 2. (a) Any […]

251-C – Disqualification of a Flight Instruction School Applicant.

§ 251-c. Disqualification of a flight instruction school applicant. An applicant to an aeronautical facility, flight school or institution of higher learning shall be disqualified from receiving air or flight instruction if, after reviewing criminal history information on the applicant and applying the criteria set forth in article twenty-three-A of the correction law, the commissioner […]

251 – Liability of an Owner of Aircraft.

§ 251. Liability of an owner of aircraft. 1. Except as provided in subdivision three every owner of an aircraft shall be liable and responsible for death occasioned or injuries to person or property sustained, within or above this state, as a result of the use or operation of the aircraft in the business of […]

251-A – Notice of Insurance Coverage in Aircraft Rental Agreements.

§ 251-a. Notice of insurance coverage in aircraft rental agreements. In addition to the requirements prescribed in section two hundred fifty-one of this article relating to liability of an owner of an aircraft: 1. Every person who, in the ordinary course of such person’s business, rents an aircraft to another person, shall deliver to such […]

243 – Aircraft; Construction, Design and Airworthiness; Federal Registration.

§ 243. Aircraft; construction, design and airworthiness; federal registration. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable, in the interest of aeronautical progress, that aircraft to be avigated within this state should conform, with respect to design, construction and airworthiness, to standards prescribed by the United States government with respect […]

245 – Air Traffic Rules.

§ 245. Air traffic rules. The following air traffic rules shall govern the operations and use of aircraft in New York state, except that they shall not apply to aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or exclusively in the service of the national guard of this state: 1. Careless or […]

246 – Penalties for Violation of the Foregoing Provisions.

§ 246. Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions. A person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. Failure by an operator to […]

247 – Examination of Wrecked Aircraft Before Destruction or Removal.

§ 247. Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal. When an aircraft falls or lands in a wrecked condition or is wrecked by the fall or in landing and an occupant thereof is killed or severely injured thereby or escapes death or injury by the use of a parachute, neither such aircraft nor any […]