y'ello!
I've been thinkin' lately (and man, does it hurt), and i've stumbled over a, in my opinion, pretty interesting thing.
Main Question: Is it legal to land virtually ANYWHERE (includes non-airport environments like public roads or farms/beaches/etc..) without braking any rules or regulation and getting fined and stuff?
lets assume the pilot has been given permission to land on non-airport environments by their respective owners (farms, etc..).
One of my instructors told me a few months ago that he knew someone who was flying somewhere in NM and he had to go peeing. So he landed on this road which was barely used. After peeing he just took off again. Of course this was 'back in the days'.
Now i looked into the FARs, and i can't find a provision that says you can't land anywhere you want too. Is there a provision that says that you
must land on airports?
Also NTSB 830 says you do not have to report off-airport landings. It says you must only report if certain things occured.
One of them is "any occurence that could affect the safety of operations". I assume this would not apply since the pilot would willingly try to land on a underdeveloped farm, right?
Anyway, whats your "well-educated" opinion?
