[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR23.73]

[Page 193]
 
                     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.  23.73  Reference landing approach speed.

    (a) For normal, utility, and acrobatic category reciprocating 
engine-powered airplanes of 6,000 pounds or less maximum weight, the 
reference landing approach speed, VREF, must not be less than 
the greater of VMC, determined in Sec.  23.149(b) with the 
wing flaps in the most extended takeoff position, and 1.3 
VSO.
    (b) For normal, utility, and acrobatic category reciprocating 
engine-powered airplanes of more than 6,000 pounds maximum weight, and 
turbine engine-powered airplanes in the normal, utility, and acrobatic 
category, the reference landing approach speed, VREF, must 
not be less than the greater of VMC, determined in Sec.  
23.149(c), and 1.3 VSO.
    (c) For commuter category airplanes, the reference landing approach 
speed, VREF, must not be less than the greater of 1.05 
VMC, determined in Sec.  23.149(c), and 1.3 VSO.

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