TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER b: AERONAUTICS
PART 14 AVIATION SAFETY
SECTION 14.420 USE OF LIQUOR, NARCOTICS AND DRUGS


 

Section 14.420 Use of Liquor, Narcotics and Drugs

 

a)         No person may act as a pilot or required crewmember of a civil aircraft:

 

1)         within eight hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage;

 

2)         while under the influence of alcohol;

 

3)         while using any drug that affects his faculties in any way contrary to safety; or

 

4)         while having .04 percent by weight or more alcohol in the blood.  (See Section 43(d) of the Act.)

 

b)         Except in an emergency, no pilot of a civil aircraft may allow a person who appears to be under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs (except a medical patient under proper care) to be carried as a passenger in that aircraft.