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Faa tower lighting reporting.
The federal aviation administration s obstruction evaluation and airport airspace analysis web site.
The new requirements are due to provisions in the faa.
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Marking and lighting initiated by.
This change amends the federal aviation administration s standards for marking and lighting structures to promote aviation safety.
Doing so creates a notice to airmen notam that is available to all pilot in regularly published notices and also through the faa s notam phone service at 800 wx brief.
Based on the current faa guidelines for new and refiled towers the infographics linked below depict obstruction lighting and tower paint requirements.
The faa hotline provides a single venue for faa employees the aviation community and.
Reporting a tower light outage to the faa.
When a tower is not properly lit because of a light outage the tower owner is required to notify the faa.
The faa advisory circulars set forth detailed specifications for lighting and painting.
The faa hotline accepts reports concerning the safety of the national airspace system violation of a federal aviation regulation title 14 cfr aviation safety issues and reports related to faa employees or faa facilities.
The change number and date of the change material are located at the top of the page.
Importantly antenna structure owners must immediately report any top light or flashing obstruction light outage or malfunction lasting more than thirty 30 minutes to the faa by either their direct entry tool or by calling 877 487 6867 for alaska 800 478 3576 so that a notice to airmen notam can be issued.
This change is effective february 1 2007.
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Faa hotline reporting form.
Contact the federal communications commission s public safety support center or call 202 418 1122 to report tower lighting outages.
See a light outage.
Any failure or malfunction that lasts more than thirty 30 minutes and affects a top light or flashing obstruction light regardless of its position should be reported immediately by either direct entry tool or by calling 877 487 6867 for alaska 800 478 3576 so a notice to airmen notam can be issued.
Jun 6 2007 10 30 am.
New faa regulations require landowners to mark any towers between 50 and 200 on their property as well as include the towers in a new database the faa is developing.
