The fuselage design remained unchanged and only leading edge triangular apex surfaces were added to reduce buffeting during high G pullups.

While the fuselage construction retained wood, a carbon-fiber wing was specially designed for durability and light weight.

[citation needed] The CAP 232 just like the -230 and -231/-231EX were slightly modified to strengthen the fuselage structure after a fatal accident in 2005 which grounded them for a full year.

Fuselage rib n°2 holding the landing gear and the wing spar has been reinforced externally and internally.

[3] In the years 1999-2005, examples were flown by the French Air Force aerobatics team.