---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 25.751"
title: "14"
number: "25.751"
heading: "Main float buoyancy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/25.751"
---

# §25.751. Main float buoyancy.


Each main float must have—

- (a) A buoyancy of 80 percent in excess of that required to support the maximum weight of the seaplane or amphibian in fresh water; and
- (b) **Not less than five watertight compartments approximately equal in volume.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704; Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat 3281 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note).

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.