Code of Federal Regulations

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space

Volume: 1Date: 2024-01-01Original Date: 2024-01-01Title: Section 23.2115 - Takeoff performance.Context: Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 23 - AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY AIRPLANES. Subpart B - Flight. - Performance.

§ 23.2115 Takeoff performance. (a) The applicant must determine airplane takeoff performance accounting for—

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(1) Stall speed safety margins; (2) Minimum control speeds; and (3) Climb gradients. (b) For single engine airplanes and levels 1, 2, and 3 low-speed multiengine airplanes, takeoff performance includes the determination of ground roll and initial climb distance to 50 feet (15 meters) above the takeoff surface. (c) For levels 1, 2, and 3 high-speed multiengine airplanes, and level 4 multiengine airplanes, takeoff performance includes a determination of the following distances after a sudden critical loss of thrust— (1) An aborted takeoff at critical speed; (2) Ground roll and initial climb to 35 feet (11 meters) above the takeoff surface; and (3) Net takeoff flight path. [Doc. No. FAA-2015-1621, Amdt. 23-64, 81 FR 96689, Dec. 30, 2016, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 23-65, 87 FR 75710, Dec. 9, 2022]