Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 246

  • Administrator of the federal aviation agency: means the administrator of the federal aviation agency of the United States. See N.Y. General Business Law 240
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance, now or hereafter invented, for avigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use, and carried primarily for safety equipment. See N.Y. General Business Law 240
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

A person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. Failure by an operator to exhibit his pilot certificate upon proper demand or failure to show the aircraft registration certificate upon proper demand shall be presumptive evidence that the operator is not duly licensed or that the aircraft is not duly registered under this article. That an act or omission with respect to rules set forth in subdivision six of section two hundred forty-five was done or made in accordance with regulations affecting aircraft subject to federal aviation regulations, or that a landing or take-off from or on a public street or highway was done with consent of local authorities and approval of the administrator of the federal aviation agency, or that an act or omission which would otherwise be a violation of a prescribed rule was an authorized deviation under subdivision eleven of section two hundred forty-five, shall be matters of defense.