UA registration procedure

The UA registration application

Acquisition procedure of UA certification and competence certification

The UA certification application

The skill certification application

Procedure in the case of a specified flight

Flight permission and approval application

Notification and checking of a flight plan

Procedures in the event of an accident, etc. related to a UA

The reporting of an accident, etc.

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Points to note for UA registration procedure

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The following specified flights require prior permission and approval. For details, see here (the website of the JCAB) .

(Specified flights)
- Flights near an airport, etc., in air space for emergency actions, or 150 m or more above the ground
- Flights above a densely inhabited district
- Nighttime flights
- Flights out of the visible range
- Flights within 30 m of a person or property
- Flights above an event venue
- Transport of hazardous materials
- Object drop

It is also necessary to check the flight plans of the other UAs, the flight-prohibited air space, etc. and notify your flight plan before flying the UA. For details, see here (the website of the JCAB) .

It requires prior UA registration, so if you have not registered your UA, perform “UA registration.”

In the event of the following accidents, etc., the operator has to report the details of the accidents, etc. to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. For details, see here (the website of the JCAB) .

“Accidents”
- Death or injury caused by the UA (serious injury or more)
- Damage of a property owned by a third party
- Collision or contact with an aircraft

“Serious incidents”
- Recognized to have had a possibility of collision or contact with an aircraft
- Injury caused by the UA (minor injury)
- Situation that the UA becomes uncontrollable
- Ignition of the UA (limited to an occurrence during the flight)

Flying a UA above a third-party land out of visible range without any assistant or omission of permission or approval in a certain specified flight requires UA certification of the UA to fly and UA remote pilot certification of the operator. For details of UA certification and competence certification, see here (the website of the JCAB) and here (the website of the JCAB) , respectively.

UA registration application

UA of 100g or more is subject to the control of the Civil Aeronautics Act.
No flights of unregistered UA are allowed. After getting a registration ID for the UA, in addition to displaying a registration ID on the Unmanned Aircraft, the aircraft must be equipped with a remote ID function. For details, see here .

Acquisition application for UA certification

Flying a UA above a third-party land out of visible range without any assistant or omission of permission or approval in a certain specified flight requires UA certification of the UA to fly and UA remote pilot certification of the operator. For details on UA certification, see here .
It requires prior UA registration, so if you have not registered your UA, perform “01 UA registration.”

Pay the registration license tax by online banking, ATM, or direct payment to the Kojimachi tax office of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau.

To request the issuance of a paper-based slip, mail a stamped envelope to return a permission slip to the submission destination of the application. After that, the original permission slip or approval slip (paper-based) will be sent. You can also receive it at the office counter.

Reporting of accidents and serious incidents

In the event of the following accidents, etc., the operator has to report the details of the accidents, etc. to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
For details, see here .

“Accidents”
- Death or injury caused by the UA (serious injury or more)
- Damage of a property owned by a third party
- Collision or contact with an aircraft

“Serious incidents”
- Recognized to have had a possibility of collision or contact with an aircraft
- Injury caused by the UA (minor injury)
- Situation that the UA becomes uncontrollable
- Ignition of the UA (limited to an occurrence during the flight)