Under 14 CFR § 89.115(b), a person may operate an unmanned aircraft without any remote identification equipment only if —

Why: 14 CFR § 89.115(b)(1)-(2) allows operation without any remote identification equipment only within the boundaries of an FAA-recognized identification area (FRIA), and only while the person manipulating the flight controls can see the unmanned aircraft at all times.

• Weight alone does not exempt an aircraft from remote identification; even aircraft weighing 0.55 pounds or less that must be registered under part 48 still must comply with part 89 (AC 107-2A § 5.17.1) — the no-equipment exception is tied to FRIA location, not weight.
• No airport-distance exception exists in § 89.115; the only no-equipment path is operating within a FRIA's boundaries under visual line of sight.