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Finding and fixing issues general aviation aircraft used primarily for recreation or training. When installing ADS-B equipment, it's critical About 5,000 of 27,000 completed ADS-B Out that repair shop technicians correctly adjust several installations have performance problems or transmit settings and codes. incorrect data, the FAA found. Of those, 4,100 are "The most important thing for repair stations is to ensure that the installation complies with the rule single-engine general aviation aircraft including when they deliver it to their customer," said James experimental and LSA. About half of all ADS-B Out-equipped experimental Marks, who leads the FAA's ADS-B Focus Team. "But that is often not the case with a large number and LSA have issues with performance or avionics of aircraft installations being completed now. Many configuration. Many light aircraft owners have a aircraft leave the shop with some type of unresolved great deal of technical savvy, but errors can and do problem." occur with do-it-yourself ADS-B installations. Aircraft Marks' small team notifies aircraft owners about the operators must ensure that their ADS-B equipment is functioning properly. most serious ADS-B Out avionics issues and works Many experimental and LSA owners are installing to resolve them. His team reports that relatively few owners they've contacted knew their ADS-B avionics ADS-B Out because they want to fly in rule airspace had problems. where ADS-B Out will be required under the 2020 Most installation issues so far have occurred in the biggest equipage group: single-engine, fixed-wing Continued on following page... - 43 -
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