Regulations last checked for updates: May 15, 2024

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: May 07, 2024
§ 35.36 - Bird impact.

The applicant must demonstrate, by tests or analysis based on tests or experience on similar designs, that the propeller can withstand the impact of a 4-pound bird at the critical location(s) and critical flight condition(s) of a typical installation without causing a major or hazardous propeller effect. This section does not apply to fixed-pitch wood propellers of conventional design.

[Amdt. 35-8, 73 FR 63348, Oct. 24, 2008]
authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704
source: Docket No. 2095, 29 FR 7458, June 10, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 35.36