### u.s. Deportment of Transportation _al Aviation Administration 

## HAY 06 2015 Mr. Aaron Holly Skydive Myrtle Beach 3032 Falls RiverAvenue Raleigh, NC 27614 Dear Mr. Holly: Flight Standards District Office**125~B** Summer Lake Drive West Columbia, SC 29170

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... This letter 

### is in

### ref~ceio a number ofnotifications 

### to which this office 

### hilS

## beeil made party. 

### These growing numbers of notifications primarily entail parachute operations in which 

### parachutists 

### egressing 

### aircraft operated by Sky Dive Myrtle Beach are reportedly landing in areas otherthan 

### the landing zone as 

### outlined in your LetterofAgreement with Air Traffic Control and the Horry County Department ofAirports. ThaI Letter ofAgreement, dated May 11, 2012 and to which your company is a signatory clearly states in Section 5, Procedures, (A) (5) 

### -Skydive Myrtle Beach parachutist are authorized to 

### land in 

### the defined 

### -Ltuuling Zolle" 0If/y••••• " Prudence would almost certainly dictate that this article of

### the agreement to which you are signatory was designed and installed into the 

### Letter of Agreement in order 

### to ensure not just the safety of any jumpers which your 

### aircraft might 

### discharge, 

### but also to 

### protect the safety ofpersons and property onthe 

### ground. This office 

### has received infOlIlllllion which

### indicates that since March 15,2015 on at least ten different occasions jumpers 

### discharged from Skydive Myrtle Beach 

### aircraft have landed outside the designated Landing Zone as defined in your Letter of Agreement. These instances in whichjumpers have landed outside ofthe 

### agreed upon Landing Zone are clearly a breach ofthe above mentioned article ofthe Letter ofAgreement; moreover, they appear to constitute in their number and onthe basis oftheir repetitive nature; an egregious and callous disregard for the safety ofnot only the jumpers, but the safety and security ofpersons and property onthe 

### ground. This violation of the aforementioned Letter of Agreement and the subsequent evident disregard for the well-being of persons 

### and property represents an intolerable 

### hazard and these events must be diminished or eradicated without delay in the interest ofoperational and public safety. It is solely the responsibility ofyour operationto determine the source ofthese aberrant and unauthorized landings and to exercise due diligence in correcting the root problem, regardless ofits etiology. It is clearly in the interest of all parties concerned, and more urgently in the interest of operational safety, that this office would like to make available to you, solely at your StrivingforPerfection

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### 2 discretion, the office ofthe South Carolina FAASafetyTeam Program Manager. The Safety Program Manager, Freddie Kaiser is available, in a completely non-regulatory role 

### to provide you and your staff on site with educational programs focusing on basic safety requirements and methods, creating safe operatinghabits, crew briefings and landing zone issues, etc. The acceptance or rejection of the educational services of the South Carolina FAASafetyTeam Program manager is solely at your discretion. If you choose to avail yourself of this service, this office will coordinate with you the safety education options which

### Mr. Kaiser canprovide. Please provide this office, in writing, with your decision no later

### than May 

### 15,2015. Ifyou choose to decline this offer ofsafety education, you will be expected to provide an alternate means ofcorrecting this clear safety deficitbythe same date. I look forward to your

# response. Sincerely, 

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- / Gary M. Pendleton " Front Line Manager, Operations South CarolinaFSDO



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