VAL Avionics Ltd. communication, navigation, and electrical power system parts produced without Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) production approval

Suspected Unapproved Parts Details

Product
Multiple
Part name
INS 429 integrated navigation system
Part Number
Multiple
Serial Number
Multiple

On August 17, 2018 FAA published a following Unapproved Parts Notification (UPN) regarding replacement communication, navigation, and electrical power system parts produced and advertised by VAL Avionics Ltd. without Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) production approval.

This notification encourages aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, maintenance organizations, parts suppliers and distributors to inspect their aircraft and/or aircraft parts inventory for the VAL Avionics Ltd. articles referenced in that UPN. If the referenced articles are found, the FAA recommends that they be quarantined to prevent installation on a Type Certificated aircraft until a determination can be made regarding their eligibility for installation. If a VAL Avionics Ltd. article referenced above is installed on a Type Certificated aircraft, the owner/operator should have the article removed for quarantine and replaced with an article that is eligible for installation.

For more details please refer to the FAA UPN 2018-20180315005.

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