49 U.S.C. § 46315 — Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation

1. (a)ApplicationThis section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.
2. (b)Criminal PenaltyA person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if—
   1. (1)the person knowingly and willfully operates an aircraft in violation of a regulation or requirement of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration related to the display of navigation or anticollision lights;
   2. (2)the person is knowingly transporting a controlled substance by aircraft or aiding or facilitating a controlled substance offense; and
   3. (3)the transporting, aiding, or facilitating—
      1. (A)is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State; or
      2. (B)is provided in connection with an act punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State related to a controlled substance (except a law related to simple possession of a controlled substance).