UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

In the Matter of: REGENT AEROSPACE CORPORATION 

FAA Order No. 2015-5 

FDMS No. FAA-2013-0851 1 

Served: October 16, 2015 

ORDER TO DISMISS' 

On July 27,2015, Administrative Law Judge Richard C. Goodwin served a written initial 

decision finding that Respondent Regent Aerospace Corporation violated 14 C.F.R. 

§§ 145.207(a) and 145.217(b)(iii) and assessing a $3,000 civil penalty for these violations. 

Under the Rules of Practice in Civil Penalty Actions, 14 C.F.R. §§ 13.233(a) and 

13.211(e),3 any notice of appeal must be filed within 15 days of the issuance of a written initial 

decision. The ALI explained the requirements for filing a notice of appeal in footnote 21 of his 

initial decision. A late-filed notice of appeal is subject to dismissal unless good cause is shown 

to excuse the late filing.< 

Respondent's notice of cross-appeal should have been filed no later than August 11, 

2015, 15 days after the service of the ALI's written initial decision. Respondent, however, did 

not file its notice of cross-appeal until August 14, 2015, 3 days late. 

Respondent wrote in its appeal brief that it filed a "timely" notice of cross-appeal on 

August 14, 2015, after Complainant filed its notice of appeal on August 11, 2015. The Rules of 

1 Materials filed in the FAA Hearing Docket (except for materials in security cases or materials 

under seal) are also available for viewing at the following Internet address: www.regulations.gov. 

2 The Administrator's civil penalty decisions, along with indexes of the decisions, the rules of 

practice, and other information, are available on the Internet at the following address: 

www.faa.gov/aboutloffice _ orglheadquarters _offices/age/pol_ adjudication/ AGC400/Civil _Penalty/. See 

14 C.F.R. § 13.210(e)(2). In addition, Thomson Reuters/West Publishing publishes Federal Aviation 

Decisions. Finally, the decisions are available through LEXIS (TRANS library) and WestLaw (FTRANF AA database). For additional information, see the Web site. 

3 Section 13 .233(a) provides that"[ a] party shall file the notice of appeal not later than I 0 days 

after entry of an oral initial decision on the record or service of the written initial decision on the parties 

.... " Section 13 .211 (e), the "mailing rule," provides that [ w ]hen ever a party has a right or a duty to act or 

to make any response within a prescribed period after service by mail, 5 days shall be added to the 

prescribed period." 

4 A late-filed notice of appeal will only be excused upon a showing of good cause. E.g., D&M 

Custom Injection Molding Corporation, FAA Order No. 2013-3 (July 18, 20 13). 

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Practice do not provide a party with additional time in which to file a cross-appeal after the filing 

of a notice of appeal by another party. 

Respondent has shown no good cause to excuse its late-filing. Accordingly, 

Respondent's notice of cross-appeal in this matter is dismissed. 

MICHAEL P. HUERTA, ADMINISTRATOR 

Federal Aviation Administration 

~-~/~~ VICKI S~";;~s Manager, Adjudication Branch 

5 Issued under authority delegated to the Chief Counsel and the Assistant Chief Counsel for 

Litigation by memorandum dated October 27, 1992, under 49 U.S.C. § 322(b) and 14 C.P.R.§ 13.202 

(see 57 Fed. Reg. 58,280 (1992)) and redelegated by the Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation to the 

Manager, Adjudication Branch, by Memorandum dated August 6, 1993. 

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