### us Deportment of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration February 24 , 2016

Ms. Angi e And erse n Parent of McKenz ie Andersen I I 00 Madison Stree t South East Albany , O R 97322 Ms. Nico le Ca nal e, MPT Randa ll Chi ldren's Ho sp it al 280 1 Ave n ue North Gan tenbein Avenue Port land , OR 97227 D ear Ms. A11d ersen and M s. Canal e: Exe mption No. 149 3 1 8 00 In depe ndence Ave

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eg ul atory Docket No. FAA-20 1 6-3 18 5

T hi s l etter is t o inform you th at we have granted you r req u est for exemption. It transmits our dec i sio n, exp la i ns its basis , a n d li sts the conditio n s and lim itations of the exemp ti o n, inc ludin g th e da t e it e nd s. The Basis for Our Deci s ion By letter p osted to the do cke t on Fe bru ary 2, 20 16, yo u petitioned th e Federal Av iat ion Admi ni stration (FAA) on b e ha l f of yo ur daughter McKenz ie And erse n for an exe mption fro m § 1 21.3 l l(b) of Title 14 , Code of Federal R egulat ions ( 14 CFR). That exempt ion , if granted , would a ll ow McKe nz ie to exceed the spec ifi ed weight and / or height limit for an FAA

ap proved c hil d r estrai nt system (CAReS , manufa c tured by AmSafe Co rp o rat i o n ), during u se of th a t chi ld r es traint system (CRS) aboard a Unit ed S t a t

es (U.S.)- r eg iste r ed aircraft. Th e FAA has determine d th at good cause exis ts for not p u blishing a sum m ary of the petition in the Federal Register ,_b ecause the reque s ted exempt io n wou ld not set a precedent , and any de lay in acting on thi s p etition wou ld be detrimenta l to McKenzie. The F AA ha s issued grants of exe mp t ion in circum stances simil ar in a ll material respects to those presented in your p eti ti on. In Gra nt of Exemption No
. 9834 (co py enclosed), the FAA fou nd that num erous p ersons w ith ph ysical c hallen ges had pr ev ious l y complet e d fli g ht s using r es tr aint sys tem s th a t a ddresse d unique phys ica l need s r eg ardin g sa fety, supp011 , an d sec urit y A F S -1 6

- 6634-E2 in the same mrumer of operations as described in this petition. The FAA further found that th e petition would not set any new precedent regarding the use of r estrai nt systems by persons with disabilities.

Ha v in g reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that- • they are s imilar in all material respects to relief previously requested in th e enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9834; • the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9834 also app l y to the situation you present; and • a gran t of exemption is in the public int erest. Our D ecisio n Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(t) , 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me , I her eby grant McKenzie Andersen an exe mption from § 121.3 1 I (b). In addition, any air carrier or co mmercial operator operating und e r part 121 while McKenz ie is aboard its ai r craft is gra nt ed an exemption f r

om 14 CFR 

### § 12 1. 3 11 (b) to the exte nt necessary to a ll ow her to use an FAA-approved CRS aboard a U.S. -r egistered aircraft. All operations under this exemption must be conducted with McKenzie's parent or a caregiver accompanying h er. McKenzie may only occupy a passenger seat with no passenger seated behind her. In add i tion, McKenzie's parent o r caregiver mu st carry a copy of this exemption and adv i se the a ir carrier abou t the contents of the exemption at l east 48 hours before the date of each fli ght. Thi s exemption terminat es on February 28, 2021, unl ess soo ne r superseded or r esc inded. Sincerely,



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John Barbagallo Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

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