“Aircraft” means any manned contrivance used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air requiring certification and registration as prescribed by federal statute or regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, manned lighter-than-air balloons and ultralight vehicles as defined in the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (14 C.F.R. Part 103), whether or not certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration, shall not be considered to be aircraft for purposes of this part.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 21012
General Provisions and Definitions
Known as the State Aeronautics Act
The act spans §§ 21001–21712 (174 sections).
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case United States v. Becker (1990)
Most recently applied in People v. Trevino (July 2016)
Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 12, Sec. 1
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.