14 C.F.R. § 29.631

Current through May 31, 2024

Section 29.631 - Bird strike

The rotorcraft must be designed to ensure capability of continued safe flight and landing (for Category A) or safe landing (for Category B) after impact with a 2.2-lb (1.0 kg) bird when the velocity of the rotorcraft (relative to the bird along the flight path of the rotorcraft) is equal to V_NE or V_H (whichever is the lesser) at altitudes up to 8,000 feet. Compliance must be shown by tests or by analysis based on tests carried out on sufficiently representative structures of similar design.

14 C.F.R. §29.631

Doc. No. 28008, 61 FR 21907, May 10, 1996; 61 FR 33963, July 1, 1996