HRS §263-9
Dangerous flying is a crime with fines or jail
This law makes it a crime for pilots or passengers to fly dangerously over crowded areas or public events. It bans tricks, low flying that could hurt people, and dropping objects, except water, sand, or paper handbills. Breaking this law can lead to a fine, jail time, or both.
The statute, as written — Dangerous flying a misdemeanor; penalty
Any aeronaut or passenger who, while in flight over a thickly inhabited area or over a public gathering within the State, engages in trick or acrobatic flying, or in any acrobatic feat, or flies, except while in landing or taking off, at such a low level as to endanger the persons on the surface beneath, or drops any object except loose water or loose sand ballast, or paper handbills, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
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