---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 27.733"
title: "14"
number: "27.733"
heading: "Tires."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/27.733"
---

# §27.733. Tires.

- (a) Each landing gear wheel must have a tire—
  - (1) That is a proper fit on the rim of the wheel; and
  - (2) **Of the proper rating.**
- (b) The maximum static load rating of each tire must equal or exceed the static ground reaction obtained at its wheel, assuming—
  - (1) The design maximum weight; and
  - (2) **The most unfavorable center of gravity.**
- (c) Each tire installed on a retractable landing gear system must, at the maximum size of the tire type expected in service, have a clearance to surrounding structure and systems that is adequate to prevent contact between the tire and any part of the structure or systems.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-11, 41 FR 55469, Dec. 20, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-11, 41 FR 55469, Dec. 20, 1976]