AFS-13-276-E

April 26, 2013

 Exemption No. 10248A

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-8762

Ms. Stacey Bechdolt, Esq.

Director, Safety and Technical Affairs

Regional Airline Association

2025 M Street NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036-3309

Dear Ms. Bechdolt:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 10248. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions 

and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated March 8, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an extension of Exemption No. 10248. 

That exemption from § 91.203 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows 

RAA-member airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic 

airline operations without the airworthiness certificate or certificate of aircraft registration, or 

both, onboard the aircraft.

In your petition, you indicate that 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 publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to RAA.
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10248 

remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the 

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has 

delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the conditions and limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Each RAA member wanting to use this exemption must apply for and receive from the 

FAA district office responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its 

operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Each RAA member airline using the provisions of this exemption must: 

a. Develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation of the 

aircraft when the certificate of registration or airworthiness for such aircraft is 

lost, stolen, or mutilated; 

b. Ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate; 

and 

c. Provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required 

to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected 

aircraft. This program must be FAA-approved and instructions for its use shall 

be included in the air carrier’s manual required by 14 CFR §§ 121.133 and 

135.21.

3. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 2 must contain:

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be utilized:

“This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or 

airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption 

No. 10248 for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or 

Federal Holidays, beginning:

Time:_____ Date:________ 20___”

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by 

paragraph (b) shall be affixed to this statement.

b. Identification of the designated person or persons including job titles and 

responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance organization authorized to 

enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3a above, and the method or methods, 

wherein the documents required under paragraph 5 will be transmitted to the 

affected aircraft.
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c. An arrangement whereby those persons within the air carrier’s organization 

responsible for certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a 

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet 

which may be affected by this exemption. This data must be made readily 

available to that element within the air carrier’s maintenance organization 

identified in paragraph 3b and must be kept current at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with 

responsibility for that air carrier is immediately notified of a missing or 

mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a 

replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a 

duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate).

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by an RAA member airline for 

temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registration and/or airworthiness 

certificate which is current and in effect and only applies to U.S.-registered aircraft 

listed in the air carrier’s FAA-approved operations specifications.

5. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its 

use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this 

exemption.

6. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight is an 

intrastate operation that does not involve flight through international airspace or 

operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States including the 

District of Columbia.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 10248 to April 30, 2015 unless 

sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sencerely,

John S. Duncan

Deputy Director, Flight Standards 

Service