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### VIA FEDEXANDFAX: Hearing Docket Federal Aviation Administration 600 Independence Avenue, S.W. Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2Wl000 Washington, D.C. 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 (FAX: 1-202-493-5142) Naomi Tsuda, Esq. Regional Counsel, A

### WP-7 FederalAviation Administrati.on Western-Pacific Region 

### PO Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009 

### (FAX: 1-310-725-6816)
Re: 

### Amedcan Medflight, 

### Inc. FAA Case No. 2014WP110010

DearLadies and Gentlemen: October 22, 20 14

Under separate cover youhaveprobably already received American Medflight, Inc.'s Request for Hearing (copy attached). This office 

### will be representing AmericanMedfligltt in this matter, and as such, it 

### is requestedthat all future communications and correspondence be addressed to this office. A copy of the FAA's 

### Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty, dated October 7, 2014 is attached hereto. We request that the hearing be scheduled for Reno, Nevada after the filing of the requisite pleadings and completion ofanticipated discovery.

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### Hearing Docket Re: American Medflight, Inc., FAA Case NO. 2014WP11010 October22, 20 14 Page2 of2 Respectfully submitted,

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October 20, 2014 Federal Aviation Administration 600 Independence Avenue, SW Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2W1000 Washington, DC 20591 AITN: Heari'ng Docket Clerk, AGC-430 To Whom it May Concern: American Medflight hereby requests a hearlng in regards to Case Number 20i4WP110010.
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### RECEIVED 

### OCTo 9

### Z014 U.S. D0partment ofTronsporto!lon Federcl Avioticn .Adminls!r<'dlon Office oftha Rt!giomd Counsel 1 AWP-7 PO Box 92007 Los Angeles, California 90009-2007 (310) 725·7100 Telephone (310) 725-6816 Facsimile CaseNo. 20!4WP110010 

## OCT 0 7 2014 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPTREQUESTED AND FIRST CLASS MAIL President, AMERICAN 11EDFLIGHT, INC. Attn: 

### John Burruel, Vice President P, 0. BOX 10166 RENO, NV 89510 FINAL NOTlCE OF PROPOSED C!VlL PENALTY On August 15, 2014, AmericanMedflight, Inc., was advised through a Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) proposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount of$11,000.00. Taking into consideration all matters presented, including American Medflight'sreply to the Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty dated September

### 5, 2014, a report ofinvestigation indicates that: 1. At all relevanttimes, AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. is the holder ofAir Carrier CertificateNo. XPCA800S, authorizing 

### itto operate as an aircarrier on demand under Title 14, Code ofFederal Regulations, part 135. 2. On or about February 11, 2014, at approximately 9:00a.m. local time, AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. operated a Piper model PA-31-T aircraft, civil registration no. N774Mf on a passenger carrying flight underpart 135 from Susanville Municipal Airport, Susanville, CA (SVE). 3. The above flight departed SVEunder visual flight rules (VFR). 4. Atthe time ofthe flight, the ceili11g was under 1,000 feet, and the flight visibility was less 

### than 

### 2 miles. 

### 5. The operation described above was careless orreckless so 

### as to endanger the life orproperty ofanother. By reason ofthe foregoing facts and circumstances, AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. violatedthe followi11g sections ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations):

90/S0 39\ld a. 135.205(a), which states that noperson may ope!'ate an airplane under VFR 

### in uncontrolled airspace when the ceiling is Jess than 1,000 feet unless 

### flight visibility is at least2 miles; and b. 9 L 13(a), which states that nopersonmayoperate an aircraft in a careless or reckless marmer so as to endanger the life orproperty ofanother.

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Under Title 49 U.S.C., Section 4630l(a)(2), AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $11,000.00 for each ofthe violations noted. By reason of the foregoing facts and circumstances, we propose to assess a civil penalty in the arnount of $11,000.00. Unless 

### a request, in writing, for a hearing in this 

### matter is mailed orpersonally delivered, on orbefore 15 days after youreceive this Final Notice, we will issue an OrderAssessing Civil hnalty and will have no further right to a hearing. Ifa writtenrequest for a hearing is not received, AMERICAN MEDFUGHT, 

### INC. must pay the proposed civil penalty. Your request for a hearing must be sentto: (I) For U.S. mail or certified mail -Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, Wilbur Wright Building-Room2W!OOO; (2) for commercial expedited cgurier (overnight mail)- Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., WilburWright Building, Suite 2W1000, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430; (3) a copy MUST be sent to the undersigned 

### FAA attorney inthe Office ofthe Regional Counsel, 

### P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, (310) 725-7100. Your request must be dated and signed, in accordance with Section 13.16 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, sent to you with the Notice 

### ofProposed Civil Penalty (14 C.P.R. 13.16). You may pay 

### the proposed penaltyby submitting a certified check ormoney orderpayable to the "Federal Aviation Administration," to FAAJMMAC, AMK-322, PO Box 25770, Oklahoma City, 

### OK 73125. Inthe alternative, you maypay your civil penalty with a credit card over th.e Internet. 

### To pay electronically, visit the web site at http://www.pav.gov. Under the "SearchPublic Forms" option located on 

### the left side ofthe page, 

### tyPe FWP-FlNEI andpress "Go." On

### the page entitled 

### "SearchPublic Forms," scroll to the bottom ofthe page and enter "Next Page." Click on 

### "FAA Civil Penalty Payments- Western-Pacific Region," follow the prompts to complete the requested informati.on and dick "submit"to pay by credit card. Please advise 

### me ofthe date ofanypayment made overthe internet. Naomi Tsuda Regional Counsel For the Western-Pacific Region
By: Attorney
cc: AWP-240/RNO FSDO

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### FAX TRANSMISSION MICHAEL L. DWORKIN and ASSOCIATES Law Offices 465 California Street, Suite 210 SanFrancisco, California 94104-1808 Telephone: (415) 421-2500 FAX: (415) 421-2560 Email: law@avialex.com The pages comprising this facsimile transmission contain confidential information from Michael L. Dworkin and Associates. This information isjQteJtded solely far use by the individual or entity named as the recipient hereof. Ifyou are notthe intended recipient, be aware that any disclosJJre,**copying~** distribution, or use ofthe contents ofibis transmission is prohibited. Ifyou ha'fe received this transmission in**error~** please notify us by telephone immediDtely so we may arrange to retrieve tbls transmission at no cost to you. 

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### To: HeadngDocket Federal Aviation Administration 600 IndependenceAvenue, S.W. Wilbur WrightBuilding, Suite 2W1000 Washington, D.C. 20591 Attention: HearingDocket Clerk, AGC-430 FAX: (202) 493-5142 NaomiTsuda, Esq. Regional Counsel, AWP-7 Federal Aviation Administration Western-PacificRegion P.O. Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009 FAX: (310) 725-6816 From; MichaelL. Dworkin Total Number ofPages: 6 (including this cover page) Date: 

### October 22, 2014 Re: American Medflight, Inc. FAA Case 

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