Sec. 23.773 - Pilot compartment view.
(a) Each pilot compartment must be --
(1) Arranged with sufficiently
extensive, clear and undistorted view to enable the pilot to safely taxi,
takeoff, approach, land, and perform any maneuvers within the operating
limitations of the airplane.
(2) Free from glare and reflections that
could interfere with the pilot's vision. Compliance must be shown in all
operations for which certification is requested; and
(3) Designed so that each pilot is
protected from the elements so that moderate rain conditions do not unduly
impair the pilot's view of the flight path in normal flight and while
landing.
(b) Each pilot compartment must have a
means to either remove or prevent the formation of fog or frost on an area
of the internal portion of the windshield and side windows sufficiently
large to provide the view specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
Compliance must be shown under all expected external and internal ambient
operating conditions, unless it can be shown that the windshield and side
windows can be easily cleared by the pilot without interruption of moral
pilot duties.
[Doc. No. 26269, 58 FR 42165, Aug. 6, 1993]