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Installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder

For Installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder, interval is Following installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder; applies to is airplane, or helicopter, in controlled airspace under IFR; consequence if lapsed is No person may operate an airplane, or helicopter, in controlled airspace under IFR; regulation section is § 91.411, verified against its source on 2026-08-06.

Inspection or test item
Installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder verified
Interval
Following installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder verified
Applies to
airplane, or helicopter, in controlled airspace under IFR verified
Consequence if lapsed
No person may operate an airplane, or helicopter, in controlled airspace under IFR verified
Regulation section
§ 91.411 verified
Sourceecfr.gov
Verified2026-08-06
Review by2028-08-05
DatasetAircraft inspection and test intervals under 14 CFR Part 91

What the source says

No person may operate an airplane, or helicopter, in controlled airspace under IFR unless— (1) Within the preceding 24 calendar months, each static pressure system, each altimeter instrument, and each automatic pressure altitude reporting system has been tested and inspected and found to comply with appendices E and F of part 43 of this chapter; (2) Except for the use of system drain and alternate static pressure valves, following any opening and closing of the static pressure system, that system has been tested and inspected and found to comply with paragraph (a), appendix E, of part 43 of this chapter; and (3) Following installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the 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.

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-06

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-06. Due for re-check by 2028-08-05. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.