14 CFR § 29.231 - General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s29.231"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 29.231 - General."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "29.231"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "29"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "29"
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# 29.231 General.
The rotorcraft must have satisfactory ground and water handling characteristics, including freedom from uncontrollable tendencies in any condition expected in operation.