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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 171.203 

(ii) The type, make, and model of the 

basic radio equipment that will provide 
the service. 

(iii) The station power emission and 

frequency. 

(iv) The hours of operation. 
(v) Station identification call letters 

and methods of station identification, 
whether by Morse code or recorded 
voice announcement, and the time 
spacing of the identification. 

(vi) A description of the critical parts 

that may not be changed, adjusted, or 
repaired without an FAA flight check 
to confirm published operations. 

(c) The owner shall make a monthly 

ground operational check in accord-
ance with procedures approved by the 
FAA at the time of commissioning, and 
shall report the results of the checks as 
provided in § 171.163. 

(d) If the owner desires to modify the 

facility, he shall submit the proposal 
to the FAA and may not allow any 
modifications to be made without spe-
cific approval. 

(e) The owner’s maintenance per-

sonnel shall participate in initial in-
spections made by the FAA. In the case 
of subsequent inspections, the owner or 
his representative shall participate. 

(f) Whenever it is required by the 

FAA, the owner shall incorporate im-
provements in DME maintenance. 

(g) The owner shall provide a stock of 

spare parts of such a quantity to make 
possible the prompt replacement of 
components that fail or deteriorate in 
service. 

(h) The owner shall provide FAA-ap-

proved test instruments needed for 
maintenance of the facility. 

(i) The owner shall shut down the fa-

cility (

i.e.

, cease radiation and issue a 

NOTAM that the facility is out-of-serv-
ice) upon receiving two successive pilot 
reports of its malfunctioning. 

§ 171.163 Reports. 

The owner of each facility to which 

this subpart applies shall make the fol-
lowing reports on forms furnished by 
the FAA, at the time indicated, to the 
FAA Regional office for the area in 
which the facility is located: 

(a) Record of meter readings and ad-

justments (Form FAA–198). To be filled 
out by the owner with the equipment 
adjustments and meter readings as of 

the time of commissioning, with one 
copy to be kept in the permanent 
records of the facility and two copies 
to the appropriate Regional office of 
the FAA. The owner shall revise the 
form after any major repair, modifica-
tion, or returning, to reflect an accu-
rate record of facility operation and 
adjustment. 

(b) Facility maintenance log (FAA 

Form 6030–1). This form is a permanent 
record of all equipment malfunctioning 
met in maintaining the facility, in-
cluding information on the kind of 
work and adjustments made, equip-
ment failures, causes (if determined), 
and corrective action taken. The owner 
shall keep the original of each report 
at the facility and send a copy to the 
appropriate Regional Office of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration at the 
end of the month in which it is pre-
pared. 

(c) Radio equipment operation record 

(Form FAA–418), containing a complete 
record of meter readings, recorded on 
each scheduled visit to the facility. 
The owner shall keep the original of 
each month’s record at the facility and 
send a copy of it to the appropriate Re-
gional Office of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 

[Doc. No. 10116, 35 FR 12715, Aug. 11, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–10, 40 FR 36110, Aug. 
19, 1975] 

Subpart H—VHF Marker Beacons 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 10116, 35 FR 12716, Aug. 

11, 1970, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 171.201 Scope. 

(a) This subpart sets forth minimum 

requirements for the approval and op-
eration of non-Federal VHF marker 
beacon facilities that are to be in-
volved in the approval of instrument 
flight rules and air traffic control pro-
cedures related to those facilities. 

(b) [Reserved] 

§ 171.203 Requests for IFR procedure. 

(a) Each person who requests an IFR 

procedure which will incorporate the 
use of a VHF marker beacon facility 
that he owns must submit the fol-
lowing information with that request: