A flight test crew failed to fly the required flight time on an initial flight.

Attributes
ACN	302115
Time
Date	199504
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bfi
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : las
Operator	other
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff cruise other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 25
ASRS Report	302115
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	302098
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The flight was a production check of an aircraft that is not yet type certificated. The aircraft certificate was a special airworthiness certificate. The first flight of the aircraft was from paine field to boeing field and was of less than 5 hours duration. After the flight, it was discovered that the aircraft had been required to fly 5 hours before landing at boeing field. The crew had been verbally assured before the flight that the 5 hour restr did not apply to their aircraft. However, the formal paper work was not changed to reflect this decision.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FLT TEST CREW FAILED TO FLY THE REQUIRED FLT TIME ON AN INITIAL FLT.

Narrative: THE FLT WAS A PRODUCTION CHK OF AN ACFT THAT IS NOT YET TYPE CERTIFICATED. THE ACFT CERTIFICATE WAS A SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. THE FIRST FLT OF THE ACFT WAS FROM PAINE FIELD TO BOEING FIELD AND WAS OF LESS THAN 5 HRS DURATION. AFTER THE FLT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO FLY 5 HRS BEFORE LNDG AT BOEING FIELD. THE CREW HAD BEEN VERBALLY ASSURED BEFORE THE FLT THAT THE 5 HR RESTR DID NOT APPLY TO THEIR ACFT. HOWEVER, THE FORMAL PAPER WORK WAS NOT CHANGED TO REFLECT THIS DECISION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.