§ 240. Definitions. When used in this article, 1. “Aircraft” means any contrivance, now or hereafter invented, for avigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use, and carried primarily for safety equipment. 2. “Avigation” means the steering, directing or managing of an aircraft, in or through the […]
§ 241. Qualifications of operator; federal license. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable, in the interest of aeronautical progress, that a person engaging within this state in operating aircraft, in any form of avigation for which a license to operate aircraft issued by the United States government would […]
§ 242. Possession and exhibition of license certificate. The certificate of the license required by the preceding section shall be kept in the personal possession of the licensee when he is operating aircraft within this state and must be presented for inspection upon the demand of any passenger, any peace officer of this state, acting […]
§ 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. 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. 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. 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 […]
§ 248. Aircraft on Lake Mahopac, Lake Moraine, Lake George, and Lake Oscawana, Owasco Lake and Greenwood Lake prohibited. The taking off from or landing upon the surface of Lake Mahopac in the town of Carmel and county of Putnam, or upon the surface of Lake Moraine, also known as Madison reservoir, in the town […]
§ 248-a. Operation of aircraft on certain lakes in the town of Lewisboro, county of Westchester. No aircraft may take off from or land upon the surface of Lakes Waccabuc, Oscaleta, Truesdale and Rippowan, in the town of Lewisboro and Lake Kitchawan, in the towns of Lewisboro and Pound Ridge, and county of Westchester, except […]
§ 249. Location of privately-owned airports. 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The continuing development and the rapid growth of air transportation and the use of aircraft for various purposes, both commercial and private, during the last twenty years, has substantially contributed to the economic betterment, well-being and recreational enjoyment of the people of the state. […]
§ 250. Service of summons on nonresidents or residents who depart from state. 1. The use or operation by a nonresident of an aircraft within or above this state, or the use or operation of an aircraft within or above this state in the business of a nonresident, or the use or operation within or […]
§ 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. 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 […]
§ 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. 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 […]
