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FAR 91.171 - VOR equipment check for IFR operations.

(a) No person may operate a civil aircraft under IFR using the VOR system of radio navigation unless
the VOR equipment of that aircraft -

(1) Is maintained, checked, and inspected under an approved procedure; or

(2) Has been operationally checked within the preceding 30 days, and was found to be within
the limits of the permissible indicated bearing error set forth in paragraph (b) or (c) of this
section.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, each person conducting a VOR check under
paragraph (a)(2) of this section shall -

(1) Use, at the airport of intended departure, an FAA-operated or approved test signal or a
test signal radiated by a certificated and appropriately rated radio repair station or,
outside the United States, a test signal operated or approved by an appropriate authority
to check the VOR equipment (the maximum permissible indicated bearing error is plus or
minus 4 degrees); or

(2) Use, at the airport of intended departure, a point on the airport surface designated as a
VOR system checkpoint by the Administrator, or, outside the United States, by an
appropriate authority (the maximum permissible bearing error is plus or minus 4 degrees);

(3) If neither a test signal nor a designated checkpoint on the surface is available, use an
airborne checkpoint designated by the Administrator or, outside the United States, by an
appropriate authority (the maximum permissible bearing error is plus or minus 6 degrees);
or

(4) If no check signal or point is available, while in flight -

(i) Select a VOR radial that lies along the centerline of an established VOR airway;

(ii) Select a prominent ground point along the selected radial preferably more than 20
nautical miles from the VOR ground facility and maneuver the aircraft directly over the
point at a reasonably low altitude; and

(iii) Note the VOR bearing indicated by the receiver when over the ground point (the
maximum permissible variation between the published radial and the indicated bearing
is 6 degrees).

(c) If dual system VOR (units independent of each other except for the antenna) is installed in the
aircraft, the person checking the equipment may check one system against the other in place of
the check procedures specified in paragraph (b) of this section. Both systems shall be tuned to
the same VOR ground facility and note the indicated bearings to that station. The maximum
permissible variation between the two indicated bearings is 4 degrees.

(d) Each person making the VOR operational check, as specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section,
shall enter the date, place, bearing error, and sign the aircraft log or other record. In addition, if
a test signal radiated by a repair station, as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, is used,
an entry must be made in the aircraft log or other record by the repair station certificate holder
or the certificate holder's representative certifying to the bearing transmitted by the repair
station for the check and the date of transmission.

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