This advisory circular (AC) sets forth suggestions and safety related recommendations to assist amateur and ultralight builders in developing individualized aircraft flight test plans. AC 90-89, Amateur- Built Aircraft Flight Testing Handbook, dated September 18, 1989, is cancelled. RELATED READING MATERIAL. A list of selected reading material on amateur-built/ ultralight flight testing and first flight experience are presented. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and the United States Ultralight Association (USUA) are concerned and committed to improving the safety record of amateur-built and ultralight aircraft. The FAA Administrator, T. Allen McArtor, and EAA President, Paul H. Poberezny, signed a Memorandum of Agreement on August 1, 1988, which addressed the need for educational and safety programs to assist amateur-builders in test flying their aircraft. In accordance with that agreement, this AC provides guidelines for flight testing amateurbuilt aircraft. As part of the FAAs continuing efforts to improve the safety record of all types of general aviation aircraft, this AC has been revised to include flight testing recommendations for canard-type and ultralight aircraft. Amateur-built aircraft means an aircraft issued an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate under the provisions of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) SC 21.191 (g). The term ultralight means a vehicle that meets the requirements of FAR SC 103.1. The term ultralight in thi s AC also means a two-place training vehicle of 496 pounds or less, operating under an EAA or USUA exemption to FAR Part 103. For the purpose of this AC, both an amateur- built aircraft and a ultralight vehicle will be referred to as an aircraft.


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    Title :

    Amateur-Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook


    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    99 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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