Sec. 23.721 - General.
For commuter category airplanes that
have a passenger seating configuration, excluding pilot seats, of 10 or
more, the following general requirements for the landing gear apply:
(a) The main landing-gear system must be
designed so that if it fails due to overloads during takeoff and landing
(assuming the overloads to act in the upward and aft directions), the
failure mode is not likely to cause the spillage of enough fuel from any
part of the fuel system to consitute a fire hazard.
(b) Each airplane must be designed so
that, with the airplane under control, it can be landed on a paved runway
with any one or more landing-gear legs not extended without sustaining a
structural component failure that is likely to cause the spillage of
enough fuel to consitute a fire hazard.
(c) Compliance with the provisions of
this section may be shown by analysis or tests, or both.
[Amdt. 23-34, 52 FR 1830, Jan. 15, 1987]