Spanish and Indonesian certification was on 20 June 1986; the first flight of the production aircraft was on 19 August 1986 and CASA's FAA type approval was granted on 3 December 1986.
As certificacións española e indonesia chegaron o 20 de xuño de 1986; o primeiro voo dun exemplar de produción realizouse o 19 de agosto de 1986 e a aprobación de tipo da FAA foi concedida o 3 de decembro.