---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 23.2230"
title: "14"
number: "23.2230"
heading: "Limit and ultimate loads."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/23.2230"
---

# §23.2230. Limit and ultimate loads.


The applicant must determine—

- (a) The limit loads, which are equal to the structural design loads unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this part; and
- (b) The ultimate loads, which are equal to the limit loads multiplied by a 1.5 factor of safety unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, Pub. L. 113-53, 127 Stat. 584 (49 U.S.C. 44704) note.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2015-1621, Amdt. 23-64, 81 FR 96689, Dec. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted.