According to 91.209, if you have a rotating beacon system installed, it must be operating
No pilot may.... (b) Operate an aircraft that is equipped with an anticollision light system, unless it has lighted anticollision lights. However, the anticollision lights need not be lighted when the pilot-in-command determines that, because of operating conditions, it would be in the interest of safety to turn the lights off.
According to 91.205, the aircraft is not required to have an anti-collision light system if it was manufactured prior to March 11th 1996
Is it legal to remove the anti-collision lighting system of an aircraft manufactured in 1975 that was certified through part 23, for both day and night VFR and IFR.
Aircraft after 1971 need to have an anti-collision light to fly at night, according to 91.205
The purpose is that the beacon became inop, and the parts to replace it are scarce and will take a long time to replace. Is it possible to remove the entire system to make it a legal airplane for day VFR flight?
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