Lake George incident - reckless or not?

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For doing any kind of "buzzing" in a manned aircraft (is that equivalent? I'm not saying it is...) I'd expect them to come down hard. They may (or may not) view drones differently: for sure, a 249 gram drone is not the same as a 1600 pound Cessna, but the same catch-all rule could be applied (or they may get out the calculators and get deep into kinetic energy equations).

Sorry, I should have quoted the Part 107 rule:

§ 107.23 Hazardous operation.​

No person may:

(a) Operate a small unmanned aircraft system in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another; or
(b) Allow an object to be dropped from a small unmanned aircraft in a manner that creates an undue hazard to persons or property.

The 91 rule speaks to “manned” aircraft, the 107 rule speaks to “unmanned”.