CFR > Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT (parts 21 to 50) > PART 23—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES > SUBPART C—Structure (§23.301 to §23.575) > 23.363—Side load on engine mount.

23.363—Side load on engine mount.

(a) Each engine mount and its supporting structure must be designed for a limit load factor in a lateral direction, for the side load on the engine mount, of not less than—
(1) 1.33, or
(2) One-third of the limit load factor for flight condition A.
(b) The side load prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section may be assumed to be independent of other flight conditions.