14 CFR Part 437
42 sections · 4 subparts · Amended 2026-09-15
EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS
Authority51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.
SourceDocket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A— General Information 9 sections
- § 437.1 Scope and organization of this part.
- § 437.3 Definitions.
- § 437.5 Eligibility for an experimental permit.
- § 437.7 Scope of an experimental permit.
- § 437.9 Issuance of an experimental permit.
- § 437.11 Duration of an experimental permit.
- § 437.13 Additional experimental permit terms and conditions.
- § 437.15 Transfer of an experimental permit.
- § 437.17 Rights not conferred by an experimental permit.
Subpart B— Requirements to Obtain an Experimental Permit 11 sections
- § 437.21 General.
- § 437.23 Program description.
- § 437.25 Flight test plan.
- § 437.27 Pre-flight and post-flight operations.
- § 437.29 Hazard analysis.
- § 437.31 Verification of operating area containment and key flight-safety event limitations.
- § 437.33 Landing and impact locations.
- § 437.35 Agreements.
- § 437.37 Tracking.
- § 437.39 Flight rules.
- § 437.41 Mishap plan.
Subpart C— Safety Requirements 14 sections
- § 437.51 Rest rules for vehicle safety operations personnel.
- § 437.53 Pre-flight and post-flight operations.
- § 437.55 Hazard analysis.
- § 437.57 Operating area containment.
- § 437.59 Key flight-safety event limitations.
- § 437.61 Landing and impact locations.
- § 437.63 Agreements with other entities involved in a launch or reentry.
- § 437.65 Collision avoidance analysis.
- § 437.67 Tracking a reusable suborbital rocket.
- § 437.69 Communications.
- § 437.71 Flight rules.
- § 437.73 Anomaly recording, reporting and implementation of corrective actions.
- § 437.75 [Reserved]
- § 437.77 Additional safety requirements.
Subpart D— Terms and Conditions of an Experimental Permit 8 sections
- § 437.81 Public safety responsibility.
- § 437.83 Compliance with experimental permit.
- § 437.85 Allowable design changes; modification of an experimental permit.
- § 437.87 Records.
- § 437.89 Pre-flight reporting.
- § 437.91 For-hire prohibition.
- § 437.93 Compliance monitoring.
- § 437.95 Inspection of additional reusable suborbital vehicles.
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