TOMARK, s.r.o.
Airplane Maintenance Manual
Chapter 05 Inspection and Maintenance
Issue: 04.APR 2016
Page 57
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Maintenance Check Flight
The maintenance check flight is intended to check whether the
aircraft can be released for service. Reasons for performing a
maintenance check flight can be different. Examples include restoring
to operation after the aircraft has been stored for a long period, with
yearly maintenance, or aircraft modifications. The maintenance check
flight should be performed by a pilot who has sufficient experience
with general aviation aircraft and is sufficiently familiarized with the
type. Prior to starting the maintenance check flight the ground tests
have to be completed satisfactorily and the aircraft has to be released
by authorized personnel for the maintenance check flight. The pilot
should read the relevant chapters in the airplane flight manual prior
to executing the maintenance check flight.
NOTE
The pilot should be aware of the fact that due to
maintenance/modifications systems may have malfunctions which
have not been discovered in prior inspections.
The Maintenance check flight is to be conducted using the
Maintenance Check Flight Form (Figure 53). On this form all the items
to be checked are indicated. For all the relevant items a short
description is given here. The maintenance check flight is not
intended to fly a complete evaluation program but covers all the
relevant items satisfactorily to be able to decide whether or not the
aircraft can be released for further service. Start with filling in the
items on the first four rows. These parameters reflect the general
aircraft data, meteorological and flight conditions.
General
The maintenance check flight consists of three parts: performance
tests, system tests, and flight handling tests. However, some of the
system tests are best to be done on with the engine running on
ground. For the flight test, use airspace that is sufficiently clear of
other traffic so the pilot is not distracted from executing the tests. For
flight handling, the flight altitude should be sufficient for executing
the specific tests and should include a sufficiently large safety margin.
If the weather does not permit this, postpone the test but do not omit
it from the program. If during the test any indication shows a possible
