FYI ----This is the Official Wording From Order 8130.2E CHG 2 dated 7/22/03
para 134  Page 130. It should be in all Operating Limitations  issued after
Sept- Oct 2003. The earlier statement is less restrictive. In it, you did
not need to get FSDO approval for test area---OR fill out a new 8130-6. They
wanted to make sure they had a current record of engine and prop #'s on
file, hence the change.

(19) After  incorporating a major change as described in § 21.93, the
aircraft owner is required to re-establish compliance with § 91.319(b)and
notify the geographical responsible FSDO of the location of the proposed
test area. The aircraft owner must obtain concurrence from the FSDO as to
the suitability of the proposed test area. If the major change includes
installing a different make and model of engine or propeller, the aircraft
owner must fill out a revised Form 8130-6 to update the aircraft's file in
the FAA Aircraft Registry. All operations must be conducted under day VFR
conditions in a sparsely populated area. The aircraft must remain in flight
test for a minimum of 5 hours or for the time the FSDO assigns. Persons
nonessential to the flight must not be carried. The aircraft owner must make
a detailed log book entry describing the change before the test flight.
Following satisfactory completion of the required number of flight hours in
the flight test area, the pilot must certify in the records that the
aircraft has been shown to comply with § 91.319 (b). Compliance with §
91.319 (b) must be recorded in the aircraft records with the following or a
similarly worded statement: "I certify that the prescribed flight test hours
have been completed and the aircraft is controllable throughout its normal
range of speeds and throughout all maneuvers to be executed, has no
hazardous operating characteristics or design features, and is safe for
operation. The following aircraft operating data has been demonstrated
during the flight testing: speeds Vso________, Vx_______, and Vy________,
and the weight______, and CG location_______at which they were obtained."



Charlie K.