ATC TRANSPONDER TESTS AND INSPECTIONS
(a)
No persons may use an ATC transponder that is specified in 91.215(a),
121.345(c), or Sec. 135.143(c) of this chapter unless, within
the preceding 24 calendar months, the ATC transponder has been
tested and inspected and found to comply with Appendix
F of part 43 of this chapter; and
(b)
Following any installation or maintenance on an ATC transponder
where data correspondence error could be introduced, the integrated
system has been tested, inspected, and found to comply with
paragraph (c), Appendix E, of part 43
of this chapter.
(c)
The tests and inspections specified in this section must be
conducted by--
(1)
A certificated repair station properly equipped to perform
those functions and holding--
(i)
A radio rating, Class III;
(ii)
A limited radio rating appropriate to the make and model
transponder to be tested;
(iii)
A limited rating appropriate to the test to be performed;
[(iv)
deleted]
(2)
A holder of a continuous airworthiness maintenance program
as provided in part 121 or Sec. 135.411(a)(2) of this chapter;
or
(3)
The manufacturer of the aircraft on which the transponder
to be tested is installed, if the transponder was installed
by that manufacturer.
Amdt.
91-269, Eff. 4/6/2003
