![]() Since you have cattle I'm assuming you're not inside a city limit, so it's possible there are no noise ordinances that he's violating. ![]() ![]() But if you need to involve law enforcement it will be your local sheriff that would deal with things like annoyances and such. Obviously you should try every recourse to resolve it amicably. From their point of view what he's doing is legal, as long as he isn't doing something unsafe. In all fairness, there have been successful tort actions where disturbance of livestock and race horses have been involved.Ĭrop dusting is a legitimate reason to be flying low, so the FAA is almost certainly not going to come to your aid. Period.įinally, if you are aggrieved by the operation, then you may have a tort action, not a regulatory action. So to summarize, over an uncongested area, there is no regulatory figure of X number of feet. The rules are different for congested areas, and the FAA changes their interpretation of congested areas as they wish, but in all my years in aviation, I have never heard of a ag applicator being violated for unsafe altitude, when performing ag operations. How low is too low? Where will you go when the fan quits, and if you can clear the structure or person and make a suitable off airport landing (or at least argue that you could) then you are fine. 100 foot clearances over houses are as well. This is essential for effective ag application, and I can say that 50 foot clearances over buildings are quite common. I need to cite 14 CFR 137.49, which states that an aircraft may be operated closer than 500 feet to persons, buildings and the ground. Sorry, no regurgitation of regulations here, because from your description, the regulations are not going to fix things. Ultimately, in my experience, these matters are resolved only by persuading the applicator to do his field differently. Personally, I would write a letter and send it to the farmer, applicator (if you know who) and the FSDO. Having said all that, if you are having livestock issues, then you are being harmed, and there is greater risk. ![]()
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