what kind of trouble can you get?

The ultimate penalty would be to fall out of the sky.

Those limits are there for a safety reason.


Good Luck.

This is a rather stupid question. Look at the name of the air craft. ULTRALIGHT. They do not call them that for nothing.

The more weight an aircraft carries, your margin of performance and safety decreases. The ultimate penalty is a crash. Hopefully one you can walk away from, but chances are high you will lucky enough to be injured. If you are not lucky, you can fill in the rest.

Death or serious injury. Other than that ultraliights and their Pilots are probably not high on the F.A.A.s to do list.

Please just use common sense and enjoy the open skies that not every country affords their citizens.

The offical answer is if it is an overwieght ultralight it is now a uncertificated aircraft & is a violation of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) Part 21.

If caught it could cost u at least $11,000 per flight & if u live in California up to 6-months in state jail.

So do u still feel lucky. And if u crash & hurt or kill someone it will be federal prison time under the new H.R. 1000 bill without parole.

H.R.1000
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment & Reform Act for the 21st Century (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))
Sec. 38. Fraud involving aircraft or space vehicle parts in interstate or foreign commerce

OFFENSES- Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly & with the intent to defraud--

1. a. falsifies or conceals a material fact concerning any aircraft or space vehicle part;
b.makes any materially fraudulent representation concerning any aircraft or space vehicle part; or
c. makes or uses any materially false writing, entry, certification, document, record, data plate, label, or electronic communication concerning any aircraft or space vehicle part;
2.Exports from or imports or introduces into the United States, sells, trades, installs on or in any aircraft or space vehicle any aircraft or space vehicle part using or by means of a fraudulent representation, document, record, certification, depiction, data plate, label, or electronic communication; or
3.Attempts or conspires to commit an offense described in paragraph (1) or (2),shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).

PENALTIES- The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is as follows:

1.AVIATION QUALITY- If the offense relates to the aviation quality of a part & the part is installed in an aircraft or space vehicle, a fine of not more than $500,000, imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both.

2.FAILURE TO OPERATE AS REPRESENTED- If, by reason of the failure of the part to operate as represented, the part to which the offense is related is the proximate cause of a malfunction or failure that results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), a fine of not more than $1,000,000, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both.

3.FAILURE RESULTING IN DEATH- If, by reason of the failure of the part to operate as represented, the part to which the offense is related is the proximate cause of a malfunction or failure that results in the death of any person, a fine of not more than $1,000,000, imprisonment for any term of years or life, or both.

4.OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES- In the case of an offense under subsection (a) not described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.

5.ORGANIZATIONS- If the offense is committed by an organization, a fine of not more than:
a.$10,000,000 in the case of an offense described in paragraph (1) or (4); and
b.$20,000,000 in the case of an offense described in paragraph

Fraud Hotline: 1-800-424-9071