[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR23.153]

[Page 189]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 23--AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart B--Flight
 
Sec. 23.153  Control during landings.

    It must be possible, while in the landing configuration, to safely 
complete a landing without exceeding the one-hand control force limits 
specified in Sec. 23.143(c) following an approach to land--
    (a) At a speed of VREF minus 5 knots;
    (b) With the airplane in trim, or as nearly as possible in trim and 
without the trimming control being moved throughout the maneuver;
    (c) At an approach gradient equal to the steepest used in the 
landing distance demonstration of Sec. 23.75; and
    (d) With only those power changes, if any, that would be made when 
landing normally from an approach at VREF.

[Doc. No. 27807, 61 FR 5189, Feb. 9, 1996]