Another perspective: Years ago, my company built a tower in Ohio. Land
owner asked that we put a beacon on it. Our regulatory compliance group
(lawyers) advised us to NOT light the tower, since FAA/FCC regulations did
not require it. Their reason was that if we lit the tower, we were deciding
it was a hazard to aviation, not the FAA. The problem with that is if the
light is out for any reason, unlike with FAA lighting, there is no
mechanism (like notifying the FAA so they may issue a bulletin that a
beacon is out) to notify pilots when there is a problem. Lawyers. --Mike,
WV2ZOW
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> Maybe we should have ARRL to look into t hat. I would not like even to be
> sued over that. From my point of view the pilot should have been
> responsible for the destruction of the tower. Obviously the pilot didn't
> take needed care. If that was me driving into a tower there would be no
> questions whose fault it was.
>
>
> Hans - N2JFS
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