(a)Operation Without Certificate, Permit or License Unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to operate or cause or authorize to be operated any civil aircraft within this state, unless that aircraft has an appropriate effective certificate, permit or license issued by the United States, if such certificate, permit or license is required by the United States. It is unlawful for any person to engage in aeronautics as an airman in the state unless that person has an appropriate effective airman certificate, permit, rating or license issued by the United States authorizing that person to engage in the particular class of aeronautics in which such person is engaged, if a certificate, permit, rating or license is required by the United States.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-104

  • Aeronautics: means :
    (A) The science and art of flight, including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Airman: means :
    (A) Any individual who engages, as the person in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or avigation easements or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on such areas, easements or rights-of-way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Municipality: means any county, incorporated city, incorporated town, authority, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Permit: means a permit issued by the department under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative of such a person. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • this state: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)Exhibition of Certificates.

(1) Where a certificate, permit, rating or such person’s license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall be kept in the airman’s personal possession when the airman is operating within the state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the department, authorized pursuant to § 42-2-215, to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.
(2) Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in this state, shall be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors, and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of this state or of a municipality or member, official, or employee of the department authorized pursuant to § 42-2-215 to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
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