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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 171.53 

(6) Notice to the Administrator of 

any suspension of service. 

(7) Detailed and specific maintenance 

procedures and servicing guides stating 
the frequency of servicing. 

(8) Air-ground communications, if 

provided, expressly written or incor-
porating appropriate sections of FAA 
manuals by reference. 

(9) Keeping of station logs and other 

technical reports, and the submission 
of reports required by § 171.53. 

(10) Monitoring of the facility. 
(11) Inspections by United States per-

sonnel. 

(12) Names, addresses, and telephone 

numbers of persons to be notified in an 
emergency. 

(13) Shutdowns for routine mainte-

nance and issue of ‘‘Notices to Airmen’’ 
for routine or emergency shutdowns 
(private use facilities may omit the 
‘‘Notices to Airmen’’). 

(14) Commissioning of the facility. 
(15) An acceptable procedure for 

amending or revising the manual. 

(16) An explanation of the kinds of 

activities (such as construction or 
grading) in the vicinity of the facility 
that may require shutdown or recertifi-
cation of the facility by FAA flight 
check. 

(17) Procedures for conducting a 

ground check or localizer course align-
ment width, and clearance, and glide 
slope elevation angle and width. 

(18) The following information con-

cerning the facility: 

(i) Facility component locations with 

respect to airport layout, instrument 
runway, and similar areas. 

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

basic radio equipment that will provide 
the service. 

(iii) The station power emission and 

frequencies of the localizer, glide slope, 
markers, and associated compass loca-
tors, if any. 

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

and method of station identification 
and the time spacing of the identifica-
tion. 

(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 ground 

check of the facility each month in ac-

cordance with procedures approved by 
the FAA at the time of commissioning, 
and shall report the results of the 
checks as provided in § 171.53. 

(d) If the owner desires to modify the 

facility, he must 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 must 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 ILS maintenance 
brought about by progress in the state 
of the art. In addition, he shall provide 
a stock of spare parts, including vacu-
um tubes, of such a quantity to make 
possible the prompt replacement of 
components that fail or deteriorate in 
service. 

(g) The owner shall provide FAA ap-

proved test instruments needed for 
maintenance of the facility. 

(h) The owner shall close the facility 

upon receiving two successive pilot re-
ports of its malfunctioning. 

[Doc. No. 5034, 29 FR 11337, Aug. 6, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–2, 31 FR 5408, Apr. 6, 
1966] 

§ 171.53 Reports. 

The owner of each facility to which 

this subpart applies shall make the fol-
lowing reports, at the times indicated, 
to the FAA Regional Office for the area 
in which the facility is located: 

(a) 

Record of meter readings and adjust-

ments 

(

Form FAA–198

). To be filled out 

by the owner or his maintenance rep-
resentative with the equipment adjust-
ments 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 ap-
propriate Regional Office of the FAA. 
The owner shall revise the form after 
any major repair, modernization, or re-
tuning, to reflect an accurate record of 
facility operation and adjustment. 

(b) 

Facility maintenance log 

(

FormFAA 

6030–1

). This form is a permanent 

record of all equipment malfunctioning 
met in maintaining the facility, in-
cluding information on the kind of 

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§ 171.61 

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 FAA 
at the end of each month in which it is 
prepared. 

(c) 

Radio equipment operation record 

(

Form FAA–418

). To contain 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 FAA. 

[Doc. No. 5034, 29 FR 11337, Aug. 6, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–5, 34 FR 15245, Sept. 
30, 1969; Amdt. 171–10, 40 FR 36110, Aug. 19, 
1975] 

Subpart D—True Lights 

§ 171.61 Air navigation certificate: 

Revocation and termination. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, each air navigation 
certificate of ‘‘Lawful Authority to Op-
erate a True Light’’ is hereby revoked, 
and each application therefor is hereby 
terminated. 

(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does 

not apply to— 

(1) A certificate issued to a Federal- 

Aid Airport Program sponsor who was 
required to apply for that certificate 
under regulations then in effect, and 
who has not surrendered that certifi-
cate under § 151.86(e) of this chapter; or 

(2) An application made by a Federal- 

Aid Airport Program sponsor who was 
required to make that application 
under regulations then in effect, and 
who has not terminated that applica-
tion under § 151.86(e) of this chapter. 

(49 U.S.C. 1101–1120; sec. 307, 72 Stat. 749, 49 
U.S.C. 1348) 

[Amdt. 171–4, 33 FR 12545, Sept. 5, 1968] 

Subpart E—General 

§ 171.71 Materials incorporated by ref-

erence. 

Copies of standards, recommended 

practices and documents incorporated 
by reference in this part are available 
for the use of interested persons at any 
FAA Regional Office and FAA Head-

quarters. An historical file of these ma-
terials is maintained at Headquarters, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, 
DC 20590. 

[Amdt. 171–8, 36 FR 5584, Mar. 25, 1971] 

§ 171.73 Alternative forms of reports. 

On a case-by-case basis, a Regional 

Administrator may accept any report 
in a format other than the FAA form 
required by this part if he is satisfied 
that the report contains all the infor-
mation required on the FAA form and 
can be processed by FAA as conven-
iently as the FAA form. 

(49 U.S.C. 1348) 

[Amdt. 171–5, 34 FR 15245, Sept. 30, 1969, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–15, 54 FR 39296, Sept. 
25, 1989] 

§ 171.75 Submission of requests. 

(a) Requests for approval of facilities 

not having design and operational 
characteristics identical to those of fa-
cilities currently approved under this 
part, including requests for deviations 
from this part for such facilities, must 
be submitted to the Director, Advanced 
Systems Design Service. 

(b) The following requests must be 

submitted to the Regional Adminis-
trator of the region in which the facil-
ity is located: 

(1) Requests for approval of facilities 

that have design and operational char-
acteristics identical to those of facili-
ties currently approved under this 
part, including requests for deviations 
from this part for such facilities. 

(2) Requests for deviations from this 

part for facilities currently approved 
under this part. 

(3) Requests for modification of fa-

cilities currently approved under this 
part. 

[Amdt. 171–7, 35 FR 12711, Aug. 11, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–15, 54 FR 39296, Sept. 
25, 1989] 

Subpart F—Simplified Directional 

Facility (SDF) 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 10116, 35 FR 12711, Aug. 

11, 1970, unless otherwise noted.