Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026
§ 27.671 - General.

(a) Each control and control system must operate with the ease, smoothness, and positiveness appropriate to its function.

(b) Each element of each flight control system must be designed, or distinctively and permanently marked, to minimize the probability of any incorrect assembly that could result in the malfunction of the system.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704
source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 27.671