14 CFR § 29.475 - Tires and shock absorbers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s29.475"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 29.475 - Tires and shock absorbers."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "29.475"
section_name: "Tires and shock absorbers."
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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# 29.475 Tires and shock absorbers.

Unless otherwise prescribed, for each specified landing condition, the tires must be assumed to be in their static position and the shock absorbers to be in their most critical position.