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P&E
ADS-B
Arrow-but the busy shop he selected to do
the work can't schedule his installation until
March 2017. Goodin noted an AOPA Online
article that suggested having another shop do
the ADS-B Out installation so he could book
the $500 rebate. "Why would I want to have
two different companies dig into my panel
and do upgrades? The increase in labor alone
would negate any rebate savings."
Avionics manufacturers at a panel discussion during AOPA's final 2017 Fly-In,
in Prescott, Arizona, on October 1, suggest
applying for the rebate and choosing the
latest allowable installation date (90 days
after application). There is no check-in or
verification at the scheduled installation
date; it serves only to start the clock on the
60-day window to install the equipment
and successfully complete a validation
flight. In other words, by choosing an
installation date at the maximum 90 days
after application, you actually have 150
days to complete the installation, pass the
Why does the FAA require 30 minutes of flight in the airspace where ADS-B
Out will be required after January 1, 2020?
"Since the target audience is people who
generally fly in the designated airspace,
they won't find it a hardship to perform the
required validation flights," the FAA said
in its rebate FAQs. This objective is not
mentioned elsewhere in the rebate rules.
Dorothy Schick is among the aircraft
owners who didn't catch the FAR 91.225
airspace requirement, even after studying
the rebate rules (the FAA has told AOPA it
is making that provision more prominent).
Schick is a CFI and owns a flight school
in Creswell, Oregon, which installed an
ADS-B Out-compliant transponder in its
1978 Cessna 172N. "We are located 100 nm
away from the nearest Class C, over 300 nm
from Class B, and climbing to Class E above
10,000 feet from basically sea level would
require a sizable cost investment, not to
mention oxygen," she said. She would like
Information in the advisory circular is for
guidance and pilots do not need to fly at a
speed they deem unsafe.
validation flight, and claim your rebate.
This may help if your shop can schedule
your installation within four months (and
stays on schedule), but provides no relief if
your selected shop is booking work more
than five months in the future.
VALIDATION FLIGHT
Requirements for the validation flight
are causing the most confusion. Advisory
Circular 20-165B recommends a flight
profile for validating ADS-B Out performance using the FAA's Public ADS-B
Performance Report Request (https://
adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.
aspx) and states that the flight may be
accomplished in any airspace that has
FAA ADS-B ground station coverage.
However, the rebate rules also state that
the validation flight must be in "airspace
defined in [FAR] 91.225 for a minimum
of 30 minutes, with at least 10 aggregate
minutes of maneuvering flight."
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to see an alternative method for rebate compliance that does not require an expensive
cross-country flight, or climbing more than
9,500 feet in a Skyhawk.
Bob Hovan of Port Orange, Florida,
failed the validation test after installing
ADS-B Out equipment in his Piper Warrior
II. "It was unclear you needed to be in rule
airspace," he said. "I will try again under
the Class B 30-mile ring."
Hovan also questioned AC 20-165B's
recommendation for a cruise descent at
VNE minus 10 knots-which in his airplane
would be 150 knots. "The Piper operator
manual has for normal procedures a 126knot descent, which is top of green arc,
and advises extreme caution above this
speed, in the yellow arc."
Rune Duke, AOPA director of government affairs for airspace and air traffic,
said information in the AC is for guidance
and that pilots do not need to fly at a speed
they deem unsafe.
When your aircraft passes the validation flight, in addition to your Public
ADS-B Performance Report (PAPR),
you'll receive a GA Incentive Requirement
Status (GAIRS) Report that includes your
incentive code. To complete the rebate
process, within 60 days of the installation
date you scheduled in the FAA system, log
into the FAA website and enter both your
rebate reservation code and your incentive code.
OTHER REBATE TIPS
* Only U.S.-registered, fixed-wing, singleengine piston aircraft whose operation
requires an onboard pilot, first registered
before January 1, 2016, are eligible for the
rebate.
* Wait at least one hour after flying before
logging into the FAA website to request
your PAPR and GAIRS reports. If the flight
data is not yet in the system, you'll receive a
"failed to generate a result" error message.
(You'll also get this message if you enter the
incorrect date of your flight, which is determined by Zulu time and not local time.)
* Some users reported that the FAA
rebate website does not work with some
versions of the Firefox browser. Also,
some ad-blocking software reportedly can
interfere with proper operation.
* If a portable ADS-B Out transceiver has
been used in an aircraft, the owner should
contact the FAA (ADSBRebate@faa.gov)
asking to reserve a rebate. Documentation
of the portable unit will be requested. The
FAA recommends that the aircraft have
conducted at least one recent flight without using the portable ADS-B Out unit.
* The $500 ADS-B rebate payments are
taxable.
* More information about the rebate,
including an explanatory video, is available on the FAA website (www.faa.gov/
go/rebate).
AOPA
EMAIL mike.collins@aopa.org
WEB
See AOPA's online ADS-B resources (www.
aopa.org/adsb) and ADS-B selection tool
(www.aopa.org/adsbselector).
http://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx
http://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx
http://www.faa.gov/go/rebate
http://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx
http://www.faa.gov/go/rebate
http://www.aopa.org/adsb
http://www.aopa.org/adsb
http://www.aopa.org/adsb
http://www.aopa.org/adsbselector
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