A music publication hires a remote pilot to capture aerial B-roll of an outdoor amphitheater concert with 8,000 attendees. The drone weighs 1.2 pounds with a plastic propeller guard and has no FAA Category 2 or 3 declaration. What operating limitations apply?
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Operations over people under 14 CFR §§ 107.110 through 107.140 require the aircraft to meet one of four Categories. A 1.2-pound drone is not automatically Category 1 because Category 1 also requires no exposed rotating parts capable of lacerating skin and no FAA-declared safety issues. Without a Category 2, 3, or 4 declaration or a § 107.39 waiver, sustained flight over a non-participant crowd is prohibited regardless of altitude.The trap →
Choice A is the old pre-2021 waiver-free altitude logic. There is no altitude that makes over-crowd operation automatically legal. Choice C confuses event permitting (ground-based) with FAA operations-over-people authority.SOURCE → 14 CFR §§ 107.110–107.140; § 107.39CHECKED APR 21ACS I.B.K2HARD