[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR171.155]



[Page 234-235]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 171_NON-FEDERAL NAVIGATION FACILITIES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart G_Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

 

Sec. 171.155  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 

for a non-Federal DME:

    (1) A suitable frequency channel must be available.

    (2) The facility's performance, as determined by air and ground 

inspection, must meet the requirements of Sec. 171.157.

    (3) The installation of the equipment must meet the requirements of 

Sec. 171.159.

    (4) The owner must agree to operate and maintain the facility in 

accordance with Sec. 171.161.

    (5) The owner must agree to furnish periodic reports, as set forth 

in Sec. 171.163, and must agree to allow the Federal Aviation 

Administration to inspect the facility and its operation whenever 

necessary.

    (6) 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.

    (7) 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



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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 The approval is withdrawn at any time the facility does 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.