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U.S. Department OfTransportation 

### Federal Aviation Administration Office of

### Regional Counsel August 16,2012 FAA



### NorthwestMountain Region Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming -7 OMS**~001/007**



### 1601 Lind Avenue S.W. Renton, Washington 

### 98057 Tel: (425) 227-2161 Fax: (425) 227-1007 JEFFREY.HARPER@FAA.Gq!

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### VIA FACSIMILE AND CERTIFIED MAIL.RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED o

### Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

### Hearing Docket Federal 

### Aviation Administration (Wilbur Wright Bldg·· Room 2W1 000) 800 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, 

### D.C. 20591
Re: In the MatterofSkyWest Airlines, FAA. Cuse No. 2011NM060081 Enclosed is an original and one copy ofa request for 

### hearing and Complaint in the abovereferenced proceeding.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requests that the hearing in this matter be held in Salt Lake City, 

### Utah, and expects that the hearing wi

### II last one (1) day. 1]



### For scheduling purposes, FAA Attorney, Jeffrey Harper

### will be unavailable due to miJitary 

### duty on 

### October 12-15, 

### November 2-5, 

### and November 31-Dcccmber 3, 2012. Plea'>e 

### address all communications for the FAA

### to the 

### undersigned 

### at Federal Aviation Administration 

### Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7 1601 Lind 1\venue S.W. RenL()n, Washington 98057 Telephone: (425) 227-2161 FAX: 

### (425) 227-1007

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### Enclosures: Request for Ilearing (Appeal) Complaint 

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### Rt::NTON,VVASHTINGTON98057 TELE!'HONE: (425) 227·2161 FACSIMILE: (425) 227-1007 

### UNITED STATES OF

### AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

In the Matter of: FAA Case No. 2011NM060081 SkyWest Airlines Judge Not Assigned



### JUDGE NOT ASSIGNED: 

### COMPLAINT
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

### by counsel, hereby 1iles its Complaint,
pursuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14 Code ofFederal Regulations (C.F.R.)

Section 13.208), and states as follows:

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OnJuly 26, 2012, SkyWest Airlines, Inc., was advised through a Final**Noti~.;c** of Proposed Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in tho amount

# or $40,000. On August 8, 2012, SkyWest Airlines, Tnc., through legal counsel, submilled a
wrillen request for a hearing.

COMPLAINT 

### FAA v. 

### SkyWest Airlines, Inc. f•AA Case No. 20 IINM060081 

### Page 2 of? }F:FFRRY M. TIARPF.:R, FAA ATTORNEY 

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### II. SkyWest Airlines (Sky

### West), is now and was 

### at all times material herein the holder of Scheduled Air Carrier Cenificate

### No. SWIAOliA, and conducts its operations pursuant to 

### Part 121 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). Paragraph 0085 ofSkyWest's Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) authorizes SkyWest to use N603SK; a Bombardier CL-600-2C1 0 civil aircraft, in the conduct of SkyWest's Part 121 operations. 

### Paragraph A098 ofSkyWest's OpSpecs requires that aircraft loading for Bombardier CL-600-2C1 0 aircraft be accomplished in accordance with SkyWest's Weight & 

### Balance Operations Manual, SP4100, (W&B Manual), "Part XII, revision Orig of 1APR I0." SkyWcst's W&B Manual contains the loading schedules and instructions for SkyWest's Bombardier CL-600-2Cl 0 aircraft. SkyWest's W&B Manual, Chapter 2, paragraph 2.A.14 detines "COMAT" 

### as "Company material such as inter-office correspondence, aircraft supplies, etc." SkyWcst's W&B Manual> Chapter 2> paragraph 2.A.6 defines "Cargo" as including COMAT. SkyWest's 

### W&B Manual (Temporary Revision dated 14 FEB 11), Chapter 3, paragraph 2.I.l requires the loading agent to record on the Cargo Load Report (CLR) the actual weight ofCOMAT. Sky

### West's W&B Manual (Temporary Revision dated 14 f'El3 II), Chapter 3, paragraph 

### 2.T.2 requires 

### the loading agent to verify 

### the actual weight ofCOMAT loaded in the aircraft. SkyWest's W&.B Manual (Temporary Revision dated 14 

### FEB ll), Chapter 3, paragraph 3.B.2. states the flight deck crewmember uses the information from the CLR to construct the ACARS load manifest. Sky

### West's W&B Manual, Chapter 4, 

### paragraph 8.14, 

### requires the loading agent to write 

### the total weight (in pounds) ofCOMAT loaded in each cargo bin/pil 

### on the CLR. SkyWest's**~&B** 

### Manual, Chapter 4, 

### paragraph II- Aircraft Loading, contains the
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### warning: '19 ':lO ':ll '::!2 53 

### COMPLAINT FAA v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA Case No. 2011NM060081 Page 3of7 JEFFREY 

### M. HARPER, 

### FAA ATTORNEY 

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## /!:j WARNING -INACCURATE LOADING, REPORTING 7 

### OR FAILURE TO REPORT INFORMATION COULD CAUSE ISSUES WITH AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING, RESULTING IN THE ENDANGERMENT OF HUMAN LIFE. 

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On June**15~** 2011, at 

### Salt Lake City International Airport 

### (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, SkyWest loadedpassengers and baggage onto N603SK, to be operated**a~** Flight478 I 

### bound for Reno/Tahoe 

### International Airport 

### (RNO), Reno Nevada. 

### SkyWest's personnel at SLC loaded 190 pounds ofCOMAT onto N603SK.
The CJ,R for Flight 4781 lists 160 pounds ofCOMAT on hoard N603SK.
The inaccurate data 

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### CLR was used to constmctthe

### ACARS load manifest

### for Flight 4781. SkyWcst 

### thereafter operated N603SK as Flight4781 

### to RNO. IV. 

### SkyWesthas paid civil penalties ln eight previous cases involving loading ofcargo and baggage contraryto approved procedures.

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### circun1sta.nces, SkyWest violated 

### the fo1lowing sections 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 4!5 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 s:; 

### ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations 

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### a. Section 119.5(g), 

### in that, as a direct 

### air carrier, it operated in violation of

### an appropriate operations spcci1ications.
b. Section 119.5(1), in that it operated aircraft under

### Pan 121 in violation ofits operations specifications.

c. Section 121.693(a), in that it operated flights 

### wilhout a load manifest that acclJrately ret1ected the 

### weight ofthe cargo and baggage. 

### d. Section 121 .693(c), in that 

### it operated flights when lhe tolal weight ofthe aircraH 

### was not computed under approved procedures.


### COMPLAINT FAA v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA Case No. 20IINM060081 

### Page 4of7 JEFFREY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY TEL: 425.227.1417: FAX: 425.227.100709/26/2012 13:53 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS

e. Section 121 .693(d), in that it operated flights when the aircraft was not loaded according to an 

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### 2. In accordance 

### with Sections 46301 (a) and (d) ofTitle 49 ofthe United States Code

7 (U.S.C.) (Transportation) [49 U.S.C. Sections 46301(a) 

### and (d)], SkyWest is liable for a civil
8 9 penalty not to exceed $27,500 f()r each ofthe violations noted. 10 11 12 13 

### 3. Under the facts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penaltyof$40,000 is

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### n 22 WHEREFORE,the Agency, hy counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative
Law Judge enter an orderthat SkyWest be assessed a civil penalty in 

### the amount of$40,000.

23 ResJ>ectfully submitted 

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### COMPLAINT f1

### AA v. 

### SkyWest Airlines, 

## Inc. FAA Case No. 20llNM060081 

### Page 5of7 JEFFREY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY 

### TEL:**425.227.1417~** 

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### ANSWER 2
J In accordance with Section 13.209 ofthe Federal AviationRegulations, SkyWest Airlines,
4 Inc., must answer Lhis Complaint not later than thirty (30) days from the 6me 

### it is served on s it. Failure to file an Answer within Lhirty (30) days without good cause shall be deemed an 6 admission ofthe truth ofeach allegation contained in the Complaint [14.C.F.R. Section 7 l3.209(f)J. fl 9 10 11 12 1.3 l4 15 16 17 18 B 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 '2.7 28 29 30 

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### COMPLAINT FAA v. 

### SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA Case No. 20llNM060081 Page 6 of7. JEFFREY 

### M. HARPF:R, FAA ATTORNEY 

### TEL; 425.227.1417; 

### FAX: 425.227.1007 141008/00709/28/2012 13:53 FAX 2024935142 FAA

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## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2

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### I hereby certifY that the foregoing Complaint

# ha~ been served via facsimile and certified mail 4 - 

### Return Receipt Requested this date, to the following: 5 6

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### Federal Aviation 

### Administration (Original and one copy) a 

### Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 9 Wilbur 

### Wl'ight Building- 

### Suite 2Wl

### 000 10 

### 800 Independence 

### Avenue SW u Washington, D.C. 

### 20591 12 

### Fax: (202) 

### 493-5142 13 14 1 5 16 

### Todd Emerson, 

### Esq. 17 

### SkyWest 

### Airlines 18 

### 444 S. River Road 19 

### St. Ge()rge, UT 84790 2o 

### TEL: (435) 634-3530 21 

### 1-"AX: (435) 

### 634-3505 22 23
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### COMPLAINT 

### fM v. 

### SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 

### FA/\ Case No. 2011NM060081 Page 7 of7 .TEFI-'Rf.Y 

### M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY TEL: 425.227.1417; FAX: 425.227.1007 @007/007