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AOPA has been providing members updates on the latest FAA rulings, temporary flight restrictions, notams, and any relevant information as soon as it becomes available. But as fast as we provide you with updates, something new occurs. With the AOPA Legal Services Plan, trained aviation lawyers can help you if you are involved in a violation.
Even minor infractions can result in serious penalties. Here are some common FAA actions and the resulting fines and/or suspensions*:
| ACTION |
SUSPENSION/FINE* |
| Failure to produce pilot’s log/certificate upon request |
30 days |
| Runway incursion |
60 days |
| Exceeding speed limit |
60 days |
| Landing or taking off from a closed runway |
60 days |
| Failure to make owner maintenance entry |
$550 fine |
| Initiating a below-minimums approach |
90 days |
| Class B incursion |
90 days |
| Exceeding flight and duty time limitations |
90 days |
| CFIs exceeding flight time limitations |
90 days |
| Altitude deviation |
90 days |
| Taxi without clearance |
90 days |
| Handpropping without qualified person at controls |
90 days |
| Carrying passengers without 90 day/night currency |
120 days |
| Failure to comply with airworthiness directives |
180 days |
| Flying beyond inspection interval |
180 days |
| Expired medical |
180 days |
| Flying beyond a 100 hour inspection |
180 days |
| Landing at a towered airport when visibility is below 3 miles |
180 days |
| Flying an aircraft with outstanding ADs |
180 days |
| Conducting 135 ops under Part 91 |
Revocation |
| Failure to comply with conditions of medical |
Revocation |
| Falsification of reports |
Revocation |
| Flight below minimum safe altitudes |
120 - 180 days |
| Fuel mismanagement/exhaustion |
150 days |
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* Suspension and fines are typical penalties for each infraction. Actual penalties could differ. | |
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Updated June 30, 2009
