[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: 14CFR27.75]



[Page 573]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 27_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart B_Flight

 

Sec. 27.75  Landing.



    (a) The rotorcraft must be able to be landed with no excessive 

vertical acceleration, no tendency to bounce, nose over, ground loop, 

porpoise, or water loop, and without exceptional piloting skill or 

exceptionally favorable conditions, with--

    (1) Approach or glide speeds appropriate to the type of rotorcraft 

and selected by the applicant;

    (2) The approach and landing made with--

    (i) Power off, for single-engine rotorcraft; and

    (ii) For multiengine rotocraft, one engine inoperative and with each 

operating engine within approved operating limitations; and

    (3) The approach and landing entered from steady autorotation.

    (b) Multiengine rotorcraft must be able to be landed safely after 

complete power failure under normal operating conditions.



[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-14, 

43 FR 2324, Jan. 16, 1978]