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functional check flight
- Definição1
- A test flight to ascertain if all systems in the aircraft are fully serviceable. A check flight is carried out after a major inspection or repairs.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756 AN/965).
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION. Safety report 2014. Issued April 2015. 51st Edition.
- Nota adicional1
- Functional check flights (FCF) or shakedown cruises after heavy aircraft maintenance are recommended to verify that the aircraft is operating normally.
- Nota adicional2
- Also called “check flight”.
- Contexto
- Functional Check Flight (FCF) programme Determine what types of maintenance actions require an FCF. Review the operator’s programme for FCF pilot qualification, maintenance technician participation and qualification, flow chart/checklist usage, and documentation of data and final airworthiness determinations.
- Subárea
- Piloting
- Related Term
- check flight
- Spanish
- vuelos de verificación funcional