[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: 14CFR23.71]



[Page 190]

 

                     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. 23.71  Glide: Single-engine airplanes.



    The maximum horizontal distance traveled in still air, in nautical 

miles, per 1,000 feet of altitude lost in a glide, and the speed 

necessary to achieve this must be determined with the engine 

inoperative, its propeller in the minimum drag position, and landing 

gear and wing flaps in the most favorable available position.



[Doc. No. 27807, 61 FR 5187, Feb. 9, 1996]