Section 6-02-02-06 - Private pilot's safety standards for aerial application on one's own property or land farmed under a bona fide leaseA private pilot operating a manned aircraft with a valid federal aviation administration private pilot's rating, federal aviation administration part 137 certificate, and an air/ground core pesticide certification from the North Dakota state university extension pesticide certification and training program may aerial crop spray, dust, seed, fertilize, or insecticide the pilot's own land or land farmed by the pilot under a bona fide lease, provided:
1. That the applicant submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant has a minimum of seven hundred fifty hours flying experience as pilot in command, of which a minimum of two hundred fifty flying hours must be in the class of aircraft in which the sprayer or duster will be installed for agricultural aerial application and has produced acceptable evidence of a minimum of ten hours simulated spraying time under the supervision of a chief pilot before such pilot is permitted to conduct aerial application as pilot in command, and in addition, such private pilot must obtain ten hours of direct ground-supervised solo flight at operational loads while aerial applying given by a chief pilot, with a commercial federal aviation administration license, who has at least two hundred hours of logged aerial applying time as pilot in command.2. That the applicant sets forth, in writing, upon the application the legal description of the land owned or land farmed under a bona fide lease, including range, township, section, and quarter, or parts and apportionments pertaining thereto, or both.3. That the applicant's services are not offered to others for hire, compensation, remuneration, or trade for other services. All other rules and regulations set forth in this chapter governing commercial aerial application standards, including aircraft registration, aerial applicator's license, equipment standards, chemical knowledge and procedures, registration as a certified agricultural chemical aerial applicator, and reports to the aeronautics commission shall govern the operations of all private pilots licensed by the aeronautics commission for aerial application of their own land or land operated under a bona fide lease.
N.D. Admin Code 6-02-02-06
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-385, July 2022, effective 7/1/2022.General Authority: NDCC 2-05-18
Law Implemented: NDCC 2-05-18