Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 738 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
Division 40 - SEAPLANE OPERATION
Section 738-040-0030 - Operation
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 738-040-0030
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Each person operating an aircraft on the waters shall, insofar as possible, keep clear of all vessels and avoid impeding their navigation, and shall give way to any vessel or aircraft that is given the right-of-way by any of the following provisions of this section:
(a) When
aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, are on crossing courses, the aircraft or
vessel to the other's right has the right-of-way;
(b) When aircraft, or an aircraft and a
vessel, are approaching head-on or nearly so, each shall alter its course to
the right to keep well clear;
(c)
Each aircraft or vessel that is being overtaken has the right-of-way, and the
one overtaking shall alter course to keep well clear; and
(d) When aircraft, or an aircraft and a
vessel, approach so as to involve risk of collision, such aircraft or vessel
shall proceed with careful regard to existing circumstances, including the
limitations of the respective craft.
(2) Each person operating an aircraft on any water in the state shall observe these additional operational restrictions:
(a) No seaplane shall be moored to any
navigational aid placed by federal authority or by the State Marine
Board;
(b) No seaplane shall be
anchored or moored in such a position as to obstruct a charted channel or other
passageway ordinarily used by other watercraft;
(c) No seaplane shall be operated in any
water area that is clearly marked by buoys or other devices as a bathing or
swimming area;
(d) No seaplane
shall tow any person or object at speeds greater than five (5) knots without an
observer on board maintaining constant direct visual contact with the person or
object being towed;
(e) No person
shall ride on the outside of a seaplane while the seaplane is taxiing at speeds
greater than five (5) knots;
(f) No
seaplane shall accomplish any portion of its take off or landing run within
200' of a public boat launching ramp or a boat moorage listed in the "Oregon
Boating Facilities Guide," a ferry landing or a designated and marked swimming
area; and
(g) No seaplane shall
initiate a take off or landing run if that run can reasonably be expected to
bring it within 100' of a canoe, kayak, a water skier or a diver in the water
marked by a flag.
Publications: Publications referenced in this rule are available from the agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 184.619, ORS 835.035 & ORS 835.080
Stats. Implemented: ORS 835.035, ORS 835.080 & ORS 835.085
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