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passing the required FAA administered performance examination. The owner of the Belfort
AWOS system is responsible for assuring that only qualified personnel perform system
maintenance activities. Owners or maintenance technicians interested in scheduling this
Belfort training should contact the Belfort AWOS program manager at 1-800-937-2353 to
schedule this training.
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Scheduled Belfort AWOS
calibration/verifications are performed tri-annually and annually as detailed in Appendix B.
Any defects observed or detected during these maintenance and calibration procedures and
tests must be described and recorded on the Facility Maintenance log, FAA Form 6030-1
and corrective actions initiated to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
As a standard practice, whenever maintenance personnel visit the outdoors Belfort AWOS site
location, regardless whether the visit is scheduled or unscheduled, a general walk-around
inspection of the Belfort AWOS tower and associated site grounds area must be performed. This
walk-around inspection should include the following observations at a minimum:
1) Visual inspection of the tower for obvious defects such as chipped paint, evidence of
corrosion on the tower or sensor enclosures or mounting structures, loose or broken hardware or
electrical connections, and any other unsafe conditions that could affect the reliability of the
system. Including an observation that the obstruction lighting is operational. Any defects
observed must be described and recorded on the Facility Maintenance log, FAA Form 6030-1 and
corrective actions initiated to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
2) A general inspection of the grounds area to assure that grounds maintenance is being
adequately performed and the area is neat and orderly.
3) The certified instruments Visibility Sensor and Altimeter must be verified as detailed
in Appendix B. The appropriate Belfort AWOS Maintenance Form from Appendix A must be
completed for each Maintenance event.
4) The non-certified instruments Wind Speed and Direction, Temperature and
Humidity/Dew-point Sensor must be verified as detailed in Appendix B. The appropriate Belfort
AWOS Maintenance Form from Appendix A must be completed for each Maintenance event.
The following scheduled preventive maintenance procedures must be completed at a minimum
for each of the LRU or system sensor assembly installed as identified in this section:
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