[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: 14CFR171.27]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

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

 

            Subpart B_Nondirectional Radio Beacon Facilities

 

Sec. 171.27  Performance requirements.



    (a) The facility must meet the performance requirements set forth in 

the ``International Standards and Recommended Practices, Aeronautical 

Telecommunications, Part I, paragraph 3.4'' (Annex 10 to the Convention 

on International Civil Aviation), except that identification by on-off 

keying of a second carrier frequency, separated from the main carrier by 

1020 Hz plus or minus 50 Hz, is also acceptable.

    (b) The facility must perform in accordance with recognized and 

accepted good electronic engineering practices for the desired service.

    (c) Ground inspection consists of an examination of the design 

features of the equipment to determine (based on recognized and accepted 

good engineering practices) that there will not be conditions that will 

allow unsafe operations because of component failure or deterioration.

    (d) Flight tests to determine the facility's adequacy for 

operational requirements and compliance with applicable ``Standards and 

Recommended Practices'' are conducted in accord- ance with the ``U.S. 

Standard Flight Inspection Manual'', particularly section 207. The 

original test is made by the FAA and later tests shall be made under 

arrangements, satisfactory to the FAA, that are made by the owner.



[Doc. No. 5034, 29 FR 11337, Aug. 6, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 171-7, 35 

FR 12711, Aug. 11, 1970]