Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 171.207

(1) A description of the facility and
evidence that the equipment meets the
performance requirements of Section 171.207
and is installed in accordance with
Section 171.209.
(2) A proposed procedure for operating the facility.
(3) A proposed maintenance organization and a maintenance manual that
meets the requirements of Section 171.211.
(4) A statement of intent to meet the
requirement of this subpart.
(5) A showing that the facility has an
acceptable level of operational reliability, and an acceptable standard of
performance. Previous equivalent operational experience may be shown to
comply with this subparagraph.
(b) After the Federal Aviation Administration inspects and evaluates
the facility, it advises the owner of the
results and of any required changes in
the facility or the maintenance manual
or maintenance organization. The
owner shall then correct the deficiencies, if any, and operate the facility for an in-service evaluation by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
Section 171.205 Minimum requirements for
approval.
(a) The following are the minimum
requirements that must be met before
the Federal Aviation Administration
will approve an IFR procedure which
incorporates the use of a non-Federal
VHF marker beacon facility under this
subpart:
(1) The facility-s performances, as determined by air and ground inspection,
must meet the requirements of
Section 171.207.
(2) The installation of the equipment
must meet the requirements of
Section 171.209.
(3) The owner must agree to operate
and maintain the facility in accordance with Section 171.211.
(4) The owner must agree to furnish
periodic reports, as set forth in
Section 171.213, and agree to allow the Federal
Aviation Administration to inspect the
facility and its operation whenever
necessary.
(5) The owner must assure the Federal Aviation Administration that he
will not withdraw the facility from
service without the permission of the
Federal Aviation Administration.

(6) The owner must bear all costs of
meeting the requirements of this section and of any flight or ground inspections made before the facility is commissioned, except that the Federal
Aviation Administration may bear certain of these costs subject to budgetary
limitations and policy established by
the Administrator.
(b) If the applicant for approval
meets the requirements of paragraph
(a) of this section, the Federal Aviation
Administration commissions the facility as a prerequisite to its approval for
use in an IFR procedure. The approval
is withdrawn at any time the facility
does not continue to meet those requirements.
Section 171.207

Performance requirements.

(a) VHF Marker Beacons must meet
the performance requirements set forth
in the  - International Standards and
Recommended Practices, Aeronautical
Telecommunications, Part I, paragraphs 3.1.6 and 3.6. -  (Annex 10 to the
Convention on International Civil
Aviation) except those portions that
pertain to identification. Identification
of a marker beacon (75 MHz) must be in
accordance with  - U.S. Standard Flight
Inspection Manual, -  Section 219.
(b) The facility must perform in accordance with recognized and accepted
good electronic engineering practices
for the desired service. The facility
must be checked periodically during
the in-service test evaluation period
for calibration and stability. These
tests and ground tests of the marker
radiation characteristics must be conducted in accordance with the maintenance manual required by Section 171.211(b).
(c) It must be shown during ground
inspection of the design features of the
equipment that there will not be conditions that will allow unsafe operations
because of component failure or deterioration.
(d) Flight inspection to determine
the adequacy of the facility-s operational performance and compliance
with applicable  - Standards and Recommended Practices -  are conducted in
accordance with the  - U.S. Standard
Flight Inspection Manual. -  The original test is made by the Federal Aviation Administration and later tests

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