# AC 23-8A: [Large AC] Flight Test Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

- Type: Advisory circular (guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it)
- Status: Historical
- Version in force: [AC 23-8C](https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8), approved November 16, 2011. This is a historical version
- Approved: February 9, 1989
- Last reviewed: December 16, 2002
- Family: AC 23-8
- Cancelled by: [AC 23-8B](https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8B)
- 14 CFR parts: 23
- Pages: 14
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/96/99/9699b868afd47d242ae3a3a328968ef7a96db69ca2db4c92ce74b31e70e59cfd
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/BF33F5768F62B0E1862569B2006A63D7.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8A

## Versions

- [AC 23-8C](https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8) (Current), approved Nov 16, 2011, 265 pages
- [AC 23-8B](https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8B) (Historical), approved Aug 14, 2003, 174 pages
- [AC 23-8A](https://openairdocs.org/ac/23-8A) (Historical), approved Feb 9, 1989, 14 pages

## ADs that cite it (1)

- [AD 2012-08-06](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2012-08-06): Flight Controls · Univair 415-C, 415-CD, 415-D and 7 more. Effective Oct 3, 2012

## Text

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