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What can result from intentionally falsifying a required Part 107 document?

It can bring FAA certificate action or a civil penalty.

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  1. Only a warning letter
  2. Automatic aircraft registration
  3. Certificate action or a civil penalty ✔

Why: Federal rules prohibit fraudulent statements and alterations in required aviation documents. Consequences can include denial, suspension, modification, revocation, or a civil penalty.

Huh, didn't know that: Since November 3, 2025, the general falsification rule for Part 107 documents appears in 14 CFR 3.403.

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Answer: Certificate action or a civil penalty. Federal rules prohibit fraudulent statements and alterations in required aviation documents. Consequences can include denial, suspension, modification, revocation, or a civil penalty.

  1. 14 CFR Part 3 www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-3
    Denying, suspending, modifying, revoking, rescinding, removing, or withdrawing any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, certificate, rating
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  2. 14 CFR Part 3 www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-3
    A civil penalty
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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