Call from FAA

[1001001]

I have a friend who has a classic airplane that lacks a transponder, but FlightAware sees its tail number flying around Texas and Oklahoma from time to time. Thing is, he’s based in PA and that airplane hasn’t been outside of PA or NY in probably close to forty years. Someone mad a mistake somewhere...

[grubbat]

These letters are what we can expect to look forward to when our adsb starts acting up. They shouldn't act up, but then again, seems like we all have issues with avionics at some point. Once it starts taking a lot of FAA resourses sending these letters out, then I would expect a fine in the near term if not resolved in a timely manner. Of course, the next step would be user fees but that another topic for another day.

However, that being said, ADSB does make a lot of folks feel better. Im glad my cub dont have no electronics.......yet.

[MikeyDale]

I got the letter. Funny thing is, I had just gotten back from a 2400 mile round trip to Oshkosh but the flight that they tracked discrepancies was 2 days later on a 20 mile flight around my 1 horse town in Garden City Texas! I called Dynon and they told me it appears that the FAA is renigging on the deal they made with Dynon to let the GPS 250 suffice for ADSB out until 2020. I bit the bullet and bought the GPS 2020 cause I was going to have to have it anyway soon.

[wjnmd]

I received a letter from the FAA indicating my ADS-B out was not in compliance. I contacted Gulf Coast Avionics and spoke with Sarah Smith there. She had me bring in my RV-7A and they went over it, adjusted whatever it is they adjust and it works great. She emailed me a printout confirming it was functioning properly. It?s not really big deal nor is it cause for concern. The FAA test aircraft randomly. Just take it to your avionics shop and they can adjust whatever it is they adjust and you should be okay.

[erich weaver]

Originally Posted by wjnmd

Just take it to your avionics shop and they can adjust whatever it is they adjust and you should be okay.

This is VAF man! We dont go to avionics shops.

erich

[RV3bpilot]

Just think a person could configure his or her Ads-b out to show up as your aircraft and then fly out of your airport to somewhere else then commit some awful crime and return to your airport. Then shut off the system and fly back to where they live under radar to escape... And the police would have you on the hot seat until you could prove your innocence.....

[climberrn]

Originally Posted by wjnmd

I received a letter from the FAA indicating my ADS-B out was not in compliance. I contacted Gulf Coast Avionics and spoke with Sarah Smith there. She had me bring in my RV-7A and they went over it, adjusted whatever it is they adjust and it works great. She emailed me a printout confirming it was functioning properly. It?s not really big deal nor is it cause for concern. The FAA test aircraft randomly. Just take it to your avionics shop and they can adjust whatever it is they adjust and you should be okay.

I can think of very few reasons to take my RV to an avionics shop and this is not one of them.

[GalinHdz]

Originally Posted by RV3bpilot

Just think a person could configure his or her Ads-b out to show up as your aircraft and then fly out of your airport to somewhere else then commit some awful crime and return to your airport. Then shut off the system and fly back to where they live under radar to escape... And the police would have you on the hot seat until you could prove your innocence.....

Hmmmm, committing a crime while pretending to be someone else sounds a like something humans have been doing for centuries before ADS-B.

[wjnmd]

Originally Posted by climberrn

I can think of very few reasons to take my RV to an avionics shop and this is not one of them.

YMMV. I'm not an avionics technician so I opted to let the pro's take care of it. If you can DIY it, more power to you.

[flytoday]

Originally Posted by RV3bpilot

Just think a person could configure his or her Ads-b out to show up as your aircraft and then fly out of your airport to somewhere else then commit some awful crime and return to your airport. Then shut off the system and fly back to where they live under radar to escape... And the police would have you on the hot seat until you could prove your innocence.....

In current US airspace I think for the ADS-B out system to operate a Mode C transponder needs to be operating simultaneously. Would it be possible to examine recorded FAA ADS-B data and radar data to find a mismatch of the HEX id numbers between the two devices?


Carl
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