Section 171.53

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(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 incorporating appropriate sections of FAA
manuals by reference.
(9) Keeping of station logs and other
technical reports, and the submission
of reports required by Section 171.53.
(10) Monitoring of the facility.
(11) Inspections by United States personnel.
(12) Names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of persons to be notified in an
emergency.
(13) Shutdowns for routine maintenance 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 recertification of the facility by FAA flight
check.
(17) Procedures for conducting a
ground check or localizer course alignment width, and clearance, and glide
slope elevation angle and width.
(18) The following information concerning 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 locators, if any.
(iv) The hours of operation.
(v) Station identification call letters
and method of station identification
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 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 Section 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 specific approval.
(e)  - The owner-s maintenance personnel must participate in initial inspections 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 improvements
in
ILS
maintenance
brought about by progress in the state
of the art. In addition, he shall provide
a stock of spare parts, including vacuum 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 approved test instruments needed for
maintenance of the facility.
(h) The owner shall close the facility
upon receiving two successive pilot reports of its malfunctioning.
[Doc. No. 5034, 29 FR 11337, Aug. 6, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 171-2, 31 FR 5408, Apr. 6,
1966]

Section 171.53

Reports.

The owner of each facility to which
this subpart applies shall make the following 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 adjustments (Form FAA-198). To be filled out
by the owner or his maintenance representative 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, modernization, or retuning, 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, including information on the kind of

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