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ADS-B AND TRANSPONDER CHECKS
Once installed, there is no requirement for a periodic check of an
ADS-B Out system, like there is for transponders under FAR 91.413.
That rule requires, within the preceding 24 calendar months, certification that the transponder complies with FAR Part 43, Appendix F.
However, if your ADS-B Out solution is a 1090 MHz Mode S Extended
Squitter transponder, the transponder itself still must be checked per
91.413-so you'll still be visiting a Part 145 shop every other year for the
transponder certification. (If your ADS-B Out is a 978 MHz Universal Access Transceiver working with your existing transponder, that transponder continues to require a biennial check, too.)
Although it's not required, AOPA strongly suggests that at least once a
year, aircraft owners go online and request an FAA Public ADS-B Performance Report for their aircraft (https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx). You should receive the report by email within minutes.
Review it-anything that does not meet regulatory requirements should
be highlighted in red-and if your system passes muster, tuck a printout
of the report in your airframe logbook. You can do this any time, but
around the time of your annual might make it easier to remember. -MC
"Of the ADS-B installs, on about 80 percent of them we're doing something to bring
ADS-B In. Very few are not doing something
for ADS-B In," Johnson said. "A lot of WAAS
navigators are going in. Sometimes it's an

audio panel or a new intercom they've been
wanting." Avidyne and used Garmin GNS
430W navigators have been most popular
at Achievement, where there's also great
interest in non-TSOed autopilots.

"We're doing a lot of USB power ports.
I didn't think that would be a thing. But
if you don't have an installed power port,
it's hard to keep an iPad going for three or
four hours."
Johnson sees two distinct groups of
customers. One accepts the mandate and
is getting on board, while the other group
is dragging its feet and hoping that it's
delayed. "It's a massive divide," he said.
Regardless of your opinion there, anything an owner adds to his or her aircraft in
conjunction with an ADS-B installation will
require more shop time-potentially making
it more difficult for other owners to schedule
ADS-B installations. If your aircraft needs to
be ADS-B compliant by January 2020 and
you haven't begun a conversation with your
avionics shop, call them now.
AOPA
EMAIL mike.collins@aopa.org

LEARN MORE

See AOPA's online ADS-B resources (www.
aopa.org/adsb) and ADS-B selection tool
(www.aopa.org/adsbselector).

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