[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR23.153]



[Page 195]

 

                     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]