---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 29.53"
title: "14"
number: "29.53"
heading: "Takeoff: Category A."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/29.53"
---

# §29.53. Takeoff: Category A.


The takeoff performance must be determined and scheduled so that, if one engine fails at any time after the start of takeoff, the rotorcraft can—

- (a) Return to, and stop safely on, the takeoff area; or
- (b) Continue the takeoff and climbout, and attain a configuration and airspeed allowing compliance with [§ 29.67(a)(2)](/cfr/14/29.67.md?p=a-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 24802, 61 FR 21899, May 10, 1996; 61 FR 33963, July 1, 1996]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 24802, 61 FR 21899, May 10, 1996; 61 FR 33963, July 1, 1996]