The following is from the first paragraph in AC90-89A. a. The most important task for an amateurbuilder is to develop a comprehensive FLIGHT TEST PLAN. This PLAN should be individually tailored to define the aircraft?s specific level of performance. It is therefore important that the entire flight test plan be developed and completed BEFORE the aircraft?s first flight.
Over the years, I have completed and test flown 3 aircraft. In each case a test plan was required. It is not a requirement for a huge formal document. They only want to verify that you do indeed have a test plan rather than thinking you'll go fly the plane in circles for 40 hours and call it good enough. That is a requirement, but is really not a big deal. I simply drew up an outline and series of test cards that was a combination of the test plan from AC 90-89 and Rick Junkin's KR test plan, which should still be available out on the web. Jeff Scott N1213W ----- Original Message ----- From: hart...@charter.net Sent: 02/23/12 08:16 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Flight Test Plans Is this a written regulation or a bureaucrat making up his own rules????? Or can you just follow what is suggested in FAA Advisory Circular 90-89A ? I have not been able to find any requirements. Rich Hartwig Re: "My FAA inspector stated that I had to have a satisfactory flight test plan for his review to get an airworthiness signature."
