---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 35.38"
title: "14"
number: "35.38"
heading: "Lightning strike."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/35.38"
---

# §35.38. Lightning strike.


The applicant must demonstrate, by tests, analysis based on tests, or experience on similar designs, that the propeller can withstand a lightning strike without causing a major or hazardous propeller effect. The limit to which the propeller has been qualified must be documented in the appropriate manuals. This section does not apply to fixed-pitch wood propellers of conventional design.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 35-8, 73 FR 63348, Oct. 24, 2008]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket No. 2095, 29 FR 7458, June 10, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 35-8, 73 FR 63348, Oct. 24, 2008]