D&C Inspection Services, Inc. proposes the following changes to our existing 333 Exemption No.

11731, Regulatory Docket No. FAA

– 2015

– 0061. The criteria proposed in this modification request

provides for compliance to the current FAA regulations contained in Small Unmanned Aircraft

Regulations (Part 107).



### 1. sUAS must weigh l e ss th a n 5 5 pounds in c luding p a y l o a d.



### 2. The sUAS m a y not be o p e r a t e d a t a sp e e d e x cee di n g 87 knots ( 100 mil e s p e r hou r) and

i n no ca se will the sUAS b e o p era t e d at a i r sp ee ds g r ea t e r th a n the m a x imum sUAS

op era ting a i r sp ee d r ec omm e n d e d b y the sUAS m a nu f ac tu r e r.



### 3. The sUAS must be op e ra t e d a t a n a ltitude of no mo r e th a n 400 f e e t a bove g r o und l e v e l

( A G L ) or, if higher than 400 feet AGL, remain within 400 feet of a structure.



### 4. Visual line of sight (VLOS) operations only; the sUAS must remain within VLOS of the

remote operator or the VO (visu a l obs er v e r) at all times during operations.



### 5. The VO m a y be u s e d to s a tis f y the V L OS re q u i re m e nt a s lo n g a s constant verbal

communications between the remote operator and the VO exists.



### 6. At all times the sUAS must remain close enough so that the remote operator or VO are

capable of seeing the sUAS with vision unaided by any device other than corrective

lenses.



### 7. First

- person view camera cannot satisfy “see

- and

- avoid” requirement but can be used

as long as requirement is satisfied in other ways.



### 8. E l ec t r onic m e s s a g ing o r t e x ting is not p er mitt e d du r ing sUAS flight op e r a tions.



### 9. No person may act as a remote operator or VO for more than one sUAS operation at one

time.



### 10. The remote operator must be d e si g n a t e d b ef or e the f li g ht a nd ca nnot t r a ns fe r his or h e r

d e s i g n a tion f

or the du ra tion of the f

l i g ht.



### 11. T h e remote operator must e nsu r e th a t the VO c a n p e r f o r m the d u ti e s re qui re d of t h e VO.

### 12. The remote op e r a tor is re sponsi b le f or m a int a ini n g a nd i n sp ec ting the s UAS to e ns u r e

th a t it is in a c ondition f

or s a f e o p era tion.



### 13. P r ior to eac h f

l i g ht, the remote operator must c ondu c t a p re

- f li g ht insp ec tion a nd

d e t e r mine the sUAS is in a c ondition f or s af e f l i g ht. The p r e

- f

l i ght insp ec tion must

acc o u nt f or a ll pot e nti a l dis cre p a n c i e s, e

. g ., inop e ra ble c ompo n e n ts, it e ms, or e quipm e nt.

I f the insp ec tion re v e a ls a c on d ition th a t affec ts the s a f e op era tion of the s U A S , then the

sUAS is p r ohibit e d fr om op e r a ting until the n e c e ss a r y m a i nt e n a n c e h a s b ee n p erf or m e d

a nd the sUAS is f

ound to be in a c ondition f or s af e f l i g ht.



### 14. A n y s U AS th a t h a s und e r g one m a int e n a n c e or a lt e ra tions th a t af f ec t the s U A S op era tion

or f li g ht c h ar a c t er isti c s, e

. g

., r e pl a c e m e nt of a f light cr iti ca l c ompon e nt, m ust und er g o a

f un c tion a l t e st f

l i g ht p r ior to c ondu c ting f u r th e r op era tions und e r this e x e mption.



### 15. F un c tion a l t e st f

l i g hts can be c ondu c t e d b y a remote operator with or without VO and

must maintain V L OS for the duration of the f un c tion a l t e st f

l i g ht, the test flight must be

c ondu c t e d in su c h a m a nn e r so a s to not pose a n undue h a z ar d to p er s ons a nd p r op er t y

.



### 16. A person may not operate a sUAS if he or she knows or has a reason to know of any

physical or mental condition that would interfere with the safe operation of the sUAS.



### 17. The remote op e r a tor must f ollow the m a nu f

a c tu re r ’ s m a int e n a n ce , o v er h a ul, re pl a c e m e nt,

insp ec tion, a nd li f

e limit re qui re m e n ts f

or the sUAS a nd sUAS c ompon e nts.



### 18. Make available to the FAA, upon request, the small UAS for inspection or testing, and any

associated documents/records required to be kept under the proposed rule.



### 19. sUAS op era tions m a y not be c ondu c t e d d u r ing n i g h t ( daylight only operations 30 minutes

before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset, local time) with appropriate anti

- collision lighting)



### 20. The sUAS must re m a in c l e a r a nd g ive w a y to a ll m a nn e d a vi a tion op e r a tions a nd

ac tiviti e s a t a ll tim e s.



### 21. The remote operator must a bo r t the f li g ht in the e v e nt of un p r e di c t e d obst ac l e s or

e m e r g e n c i e s.



### 22. I f the s UAS los e s c omm u ni ca tions or los e s its G P S si g n a l, the s U AS must re tu r n toa p re

- d e t er min e d lo ca tion within the p r iv a te or c on t r oll e d

- a c ce ss p r o p er t y

.



### 23. The remote operator must leave a re s er v e of at least 10

- 15% battery capacity or what is

r ec omm e nd e d b y t he m a nu f a c tu re r i f g r e a t e r.



### 24. The remote operator is p r ohibit e d fr o m b e g inni n g a f l i g ht unl e ss (c onsid er i n g wind a nd

f o re c a st w ea th e r c onditions)



### 25. Minimum weather visibility of 3 miles from control station.



### 26. Do c um e nts us e d b y the remote o p era tor to e ns u r e the s a f e op era tion a nd f

l i g ht of t he s UAS

must be a v a il a

b le to the remote operator a t the G r ound C ont r ol S t a tion of the s UAS

a nytime the sUAS is op e r a tin g

.



### 27. All operating do c um e nts must b e m a de a v a il a ble to the A dminist ra tor or a n y l a w

e n f o rce m e nt o ff

i c i a l upon re q u e st.



### 28. The s UAS m a y not be op e ra t e d fr om a n y movi n g d e vi c e or v e hi c l e , unless the operation is

being conducted over a sparsely populated area.



### 29. The sUAS may not be operated from any manned aircraft.



### 30. Operations in Class B, C, D and E airspace are allowed with the required ATC permission.



### 31. Operations in Class G airspace are allowed without ATC permission.



### 32. External load operations are allowed if the object being carried by the sUAS is securely

attac hed and does not adversely affect the flight characteristics or controllability of the

aircraft. Transportation of property for compensation or hire allowed.



### 33. A person operating a sUAS must either hold an F A A

- issu e d Remote Pilot Certificate with a

small UA S rating or be under the direct supervision of a person who does hold an F A A

issu e d Remote Pilot Certificate with a small UAS rating.



### 34. Report to the FAA within 10 days of any operation that results in at least serious injury, loss

of consciousness, or pro perty damage of at least $500.

### 35. All op era tions sh a ll be c o ndu c t e d ov e r p r iv a te or c ont r oll e d

- a c ce ss p r op e r t y with p er mission

fr om the p r o p er t y o wn er

/ c ont r oll e r or a utho r i z e d re p re s e nt a tiv e

. P er mission fr om p r op er t y

ow n er / c ont r oll e r o r a u t ho r i z e d re p re s e nt a tive w i ll be obt a in e d f or e ac h f l i g ht t o be

c ondu c t e d. These documents must b e m a de a v a il a ble to the A dminist ra tor or a n y l a w

e n f o rce m e nt o ff

i c i a l upon re q u e st.



### 36. All sUAS may not be operated over any persons not directly involved in the operation.



### 37. All a i rcr a f

t must be registered in compliance with part 107.13 part 91



### 38. The remote operator may deviate from the limitations of this exemption in the response to

an inflight emergency.



### 39. Remote operators must have a TSA issued Transportation Worker Identification Card

(TWIC) and be at least 17 years old.



### 40. A n y remote operator may not o p era te a sUAS u nl e ss the remote operator has d e monst ra t e d

the a bili t y to s afe l y o p era te t he s UAS in a m a nn e r c o n sist e nt with how the s UAS will be

op era t e d un d e r this e x e mption, in c luding e v a sive a nd e m e r g e n c y m a n e uv e r s a nd

m a int a ining a pp r o p r i a te dist a n ce s fr om p e r sons, v e ss e ls, v e hi c l e s a nd st r u c tu re s.



### 41. F l i ghts f

or the pu r pos e s of t

r a ining the holder of this exemption remote operators a nd VOs

( t ra inin g

, p r o f

i c i e n c y

, a n d e x p er i e n ce

- buildi n g ) a nd d e t er mining the remote operators

a bili t y to s afe l y op e r a te the s U AS in a m a nn e r c onsist e nt with how the s UAS will be

op era t e d und e r this e x e mption ar e p er mitt e d und e r the t e r ms of this e x e mption. H o w e v er

,

t ra ining op e ra tions m a y on l y be c ondu c t e d du r i n g d e di ca t e d t r a ining s e ssions. Du r ing

t ra inin g , p r o f

i c i e n c y

, a nd e x p er i e n ce

- buildi n g f l i ghts, a ll p er sons not e ss e nti a l f or f li g ht

op e r a tions ar e c on s id ere d nonp a r ti c ip a nts, a nd the remote operator must op era t e the s UAS

with a pp r op r i a te dist a n c e fr om nonp ar ti c ip a nts.



### 42. The sUAS may not operate within 5 nautical miles of an airport reference point (ARP) as

denoted in the current FAA Airport/Facility Directory (AFD) or for airports not denoted

with an ARP, the center of the airport symbol as denoted on the current FAA

- published

aeronautical chart, unless a letter of agreement with that airport’s management is

obtained or otherwise permitted by a COA issued to the exemption holder. The letter of

agreement with the airport management must be mad e available to the Administrator or

any law enforcement official upon request.



### 43. The own er

/ c ont r oll e r of a n y v e ss e ls, v e hi c l e s o r s t r u c tu re s h a s g ra nt e d p e r mission

f or op e r a ting c los e r to t h ose obj ec ts a nd the remote operator h a s m a de a s afe t y

a s s e ssm e nt of the r isk of op e r a ting c los e r to those obj ec ts a nd d e t er min e d th a t it

do e s not p re s e nt a n und u e h a z ar d.

44. T 

### he remote operator and V O, or e ss e nti a l p er so n s ar e not c onsid e red

nonp ar ti c ip a ting p er sons und e r this e x e mption.