# Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft
> **Rule** · Notice of interpretation with request for comment. · Published 2014-06-25 · Effective 2014-06-23 · 79 FR 36172
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-14948
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Notice of interpretation with request for comment.
- **Citation:** 79 FR 36172
- **Publication date:** 2014-06-25
- **Effective date:** 2014-06-23
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. FAA-2014-0396
## Abstract

This action provides interested persons with the opportunity to comment on the FAA's interpretation of the special rule for model aircraft established by Congress in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. In this interpretation, the FAA clarifies that: Model aircraft must satisfy the criteria in the Act to qualify as model aircraft and to be exempt from future FAA rulemaking action; and consistent with the Act, if a model aircraft operator endangers the safety of the National Airspace System, the FAA has the authority to take enforcement action against those operators for those safety violations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/06/25/2014-14948/interpretation-of-the-special-rule-for-model-aircraft)
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