’ AC NO: 17o-11 DA'VE: g/17/70
ADVISORY
CIRCULAR -DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATliON . -
FEDERAL AVlATlON ADMINISTRATION : i SUBJECT: AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGUUTION ZkRT 171 (FAR-171) -
COST OF FLIGHT AND GRO'JND INSPECTIONS 1 l PURPOSE. Federal Register Eocket No. 9901, Volume 35, Number 122, Page 10288, dated 24 June 1970, announced the adoption of an amendment to the subject regulation relative to flight and ground inspection costs and the relaxing of dual transmitting and power requirements.
This Advisory Circular will, however, only pertain to those portions of the amendment that address themselves to the payraent of ground and flight inspection charges prior to the issuance of an approved IFR procedure.
2 l BACKGROUND. FAR-171 currently rewires that when a non-federal sponsor.
requests approval of an IFR approach procedure based on the use of a particular navigation aid, that he will beg responsible for payment of FAA flight and ground inspection services provided before the actual approval of the IFR procedure.
3. CRITERIA. FAR-171, Paragraph 171.5, 171.25 and 171.45, have been amended as follows:
“The owner must bear all costs of meeting the requirements of this section and of any flight or ground inspection made before the facility is commissioned, except that the FhP, may bear certain of these costs subject to budgetary limitations and policy established by the Administrator. ” The following is an explanation of the foregoing criteria:
The owner must bear all cost of meeting the requirements of this section and of any flight or ground inspection made before the facility is commissioned except that the FAA will bear the costs of flight and l / Initiated by: SM-200
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a.c Has previously been (1) established that the equipment, as‘installed, is capable of providing performance in accordance with applicable FAA standards for the type of facility and the intended IFR operatj.onal service volume or classification,and (2) approved for use in the National Airspace System;
b 0 )Ias a public use IFR requirement; .
c. 3s at a iooation which is not already provided with an equivalent level of service through FAA installed facilities;
.* d 0 IS at an airport or location open to the public; and
e. 1s in the public interest.
C. W. WALKER Deputy Associate Administrator for Operations