---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 29.83"
title: "14"
number: "29.83"
heading: "Landing: Category B."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/29.83"
---

# §29.83. Landing: Category B.

- (a) For each Category B rotorcraft, the horizontal distance required to land and come to a complete stop (or to a speed of approximately 3 knots for water landings) from a point 50 feet above the landing surface must be determined with—
  - (1) Speeds appropriate to the type of rotorcraft and chosen by the applicant to avoid the critical areas of the height-velocity envelope established under [§ 29.87](/cfr/14/29.87.md); and
  - (2) **The approach and landing made with power on and within approved limits.**
- (b) Each multiengined Category B rotorcraft that meets the powerplant installation requirements for Category A must meet the requirements of—
  - (1) Sections [29.79](/cfr/14/29.79.md) and [29.81](/cfr/14/29.81.md); or
  - (2) **Paragraph (a) of this section.**
- (c) It must be possible to make a safe landing on a prepared landing surface if complete power failure occurs during normal cruise.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 24802, 61 FR 21900, 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 21900, May 10, 1996; 61 FR 33963, July 1, 1996]