U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration
Circular
Subject: Sport Parachuting Date: 12/4/13
AC No: 105-2E
1. PURPOSE. This advisory circular (AC) provides suggestions to improve sport parachuting
safety and disseminates information to assist all parties associated with sport parachuting to be
conducted in compliance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 105.
It also contains information for jumpers and riggers on parachuting equipment, on-airport
parachuting operations, jump pilot training, aircraft maintenance programs, parachute rigging,
and procedures for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization for flight operations
with a removed or modified door.
2. CANCELLATION. This AC cancels AC 105-2D, Sport Parachuting, dated May 18, 2011.
3. RELATED 14 CFR PARTS AND PUBLICATIONS. The FAA’s primary responsibility
with respect to skydiving is the protection of air traffic and persons and property on the ground.
Part 105 was developed to accomplish this task.
a. Title 14 CFR. This paragraph describes the 14 CFR parts that are of interest to skydivers,
parachute riggers, and jump aircraft pilots. They may be downloaded from the FAA’s Web site
at http://www.faa.gov. Since the Federal regulations and other publications may be amended at
any time, all FAA regulations, ACs, and other documents are also available for download from
the FAA’s Web site for continued compliance with current requirements.
(1) Part 65, Certification: Airmen Other Than Flight Crewmembers. Subpart F
concerns parachute riggers, their eligibility requirements, privileges, and performance standards.
(2) Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules. Parachute operators and jump pilots
must comply with all applicable sections of part 91.
(3) Part 105, Parachute Operations. This part is especially important to parachutists,
parachute riggers, and the pilots who fly parachutists, since it contains regulations governing
intentional parachute jumping.
(4) Part 119, Certification. Air Carriers and Commercial Operators (§ 119.1(e)(6)).
Pilots who conduct parachute operations within a 25 statute mile (sm) radius of the airport of
departure may conduct them as commercial operations under part 91.
b. Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C23, Personnel Parachutes Assemblies. The
TSO-C23 series contains the minimum performance standards for parachute assemblies and
components. Manufacturers design and test new parachutes to the most current TSO standards,
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