NATIONAL HEADQUARTER CIVIL AIR PATROL UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA 36112-6332

Rafael A. Robles, Col, CAP General Counsel, Civil Air Patrol 105 S Hansell St., Building 714 Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-5937 Telephone: 877-227-9142 (ext 234) Facsimile: 334-265-4352 Email: rrobles@capnhq.gov


### U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M-30 West Building, Ground Floor Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
Re: Petition to review exemption No. 64851 

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. f'AL4-2002-11939 Dear Sir/Madam: 4 May 2016

Filed electronically at http://www.Regulations.gov

This is a petition to renew exemption No. 64851, which granted to Civil Air Patrol (CAP) , the official Auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF) an exemption from subpart F ofpart 91 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) which exemption permits CAP to operate small aircraft under subpart F ofpart 91 and receive limited reimbursement for certain flights within the scope of and incidental to CAP ' s corporate purposes and U.S. Air Force Auxiliary status. The current exemption is due to expire on July 31 , 2016. CAP hereby petitions for renewal of that exemption, subject to the same conditions and limitations, for an additional term. The information, views and arguments submitted by CAP which served as the basis for the finding 

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### interest upon which the original Partial Grant ofExemption was based remain unchanged. The information, views and arguments submitted by CAP which served as the basis of the finding of an equivalent level of safety upon which the original Grant ofExemption was based are supplemented with the following additional information: In the period 2004 through 2015, CAP's flying program continued to operate at an extremely high level of safety, generally exceeding that of general aviation, experiencing overall aviation accident rates as follows:

### US Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M30 Exemption No. 64851 --FAR 

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Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Civil Air Patrol

5.23 2.77 1.84 3.70 2.84 3.57 0.89 0.98 3.9 8 1.05 1.10 2.02 U
. S. General Aviation 6.49 7.20 6.35 6 .94 6.87 7.08 6.63 6.84* 7.04 5.85 6.74**



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*20 1 1 GA rate under review **20 14 GA rate is "preliminary, " su bject to change Note: General Aviation Rates ofNTSB website 

### Therefore, CAP petitions the FAA to review and amend as required its Exemption No
. 64851 for an additional term. Please feel welcome to contact me if any additional information would be of assistance in your consideration ofthis Petition.US. Department ot T r onsporto tioo Federal Aviation Administration

July 28, 2014

Co L Rafael 

### A Robles Genera l Coun sel Civi l Air Patrol 

### I 05 South Han sell Street Maxwell Air Force Base , AL 36112-5937 Dear Colonel Roble s : Exempti on No. 6485 1 800 •nc cpcnd ence A ve . S W Wa snng1 un D C 2052 1

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Thi s letter is to infonn you that we have grante d your petition to extend Exemption N o . 6485, as amended. lt explain s the basis for our decision , de scribe s its effect, an d lists the c ondition s and limit ation s . 

### T he Basis for Our Decision By letter dated June 9, 2014 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of the C ivil Air Patrol (CAP) for an extension of Exemption No. 6485, as amen ded

. That exemption from subpart F ofpart 

### 91 of Title 14 , Co de of Federal Regulatio ns al1ows CAP to operate s m all aircraft unde r subpart F ofpart 91 and re ceive limited reimbursement for certain flights within the scope of and incidental to the CAP ' s corporate purposes an d U.S
. Air Force Auxiliary status
. In your petition , you indicate th at there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting 

### the original exemption

. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publi shing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register b ecause the requested ex te n sion ofthe exemptio n would not set a precedent, and any delay 

### in acting on thi s petition would 

### be detrimental to CAP

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### Our Decision Th e FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 6485, as amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefo r e, under the authority provided by 49 U
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### I 3 and 44701, which the FAA Admin is trator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, s ubje ct to the following conditions and limitations. 

### Conditions and 

### Limitations I. The CAP must comply with the operating mles in§§ 91.503 through 9 1.535, in addition to the operating ru les prescribed in other subparts ofpart 91, when exercising the p ri vile ge s of thi s exemp tion
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. The CAP may conduc t o nly those operations li sted in§ 91.50I(b) when exerc is ing the pri vileges of thi s exemption. 3. The pilot in command (PIC) conductin g operations under this exem ption must hold a commerci al pilot ceni ti cate with appropriate category and class ratin gs for the aircraft to be used in the operation. The PIC a lso must hold an instrument rating except when con ducting day 

### YFR flight s within 50 nautic al miles of the departure airport. 4. The 

### PIC conducting operations unde r this exemption must ho ld at least a current seco nd-class medical certi £i catc . 5
. The 

### PlC conducting operation s under thi s exemption must hold a current 

### CAP Form 5, CAP Pilot Ch eckout, issued within th e previou s 12 months

. 6. The aircraft used for operations conducted under this exemption must be maintained and have 1 00-hour and annual inspection s performed in accordance with 14 CFR part 43 and part 91. 

### The Effect of Our Decision Our de cision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 6485 , as amended, to July 3 

### J , 2016, unless sooner superseded or rescinded

. Sincerely, 

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! John Barbagallo Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standard s Service 

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