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Federal Aviation
Administration
Memorandum
Date:
SEP 1 72010
To: All Regional Airports Division Managers
tP/�_,
From: Ri�arinelli, Manager, Airport Engineering Division, AAS-l 00
Prepared by: Alvin Logan, Airport Engineering Division, AAS-l 00
Subject: Acquisition & Installation of Light Emitting Diode (LED) Runway Centerline
and Touchdown Zone Lighting Systems
The purpose of this memorandum is to announce a moratorium on the acquisition and installation
of FAA LED Runway Centerline (L-850A) and LED Touchdown Zone (L-850B) Lighting
Fixtures built in accordance with Engineering Brief 67, "Light Sources Other Than Incandescent
and Xenon for Airport and Obstruction Lighting Fixtures" and listed in Appendix 1 of FAA
AC 150/5345-53C Addendum, "Airport Lighting Equipment Certification Program".
Flight testing of the subject lighting systems has recently been conducted at Raleigh-Durham
International Airport during nighttime VFR. The consensus reached was the lighting intensity of
the LED fixtures exhibited bright signals even at the lowest step setting (step 1 of 5) of the
constant current regulator.
The Airport Engineering Division is currently coordinating with industry to address this issue.
We anticipate subsequent modifications to the Engineering Brief in the near future. Once the
issue is resolved, we will notify the Regions of the product updates.
Please contact Alvin Logan at (202) 267-8743 with any questions.
