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JtrFRE:Y HARPER FAA OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL 1601. LIND AVENUE SOUTHWEST RENTON, WASHINGTON 98057 TELEPHONE: (425) 227-21.61 FACSIMILE: (425) 227-1007**7~!7** 41• I**~.** 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, 

### D.C.

In the 

### Matters of: Leading Edge 

### Aviation.> Inc.



### To: Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. FAA Case No. 2011NM070089 DMS No. FAA"2012-0783 Honorable Richard C. Goodwin



### Complainant's Responses to Respondent's Requests for Production

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.220, and 

### consistent with

### Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 26 and 34, Complainant 

### responds to Respondent's Requests for Production served September 7, 2012. Complainant is aware ofatt.d understands the continuing nature ofhis discovery obligation. Thi.s is not a. complete production; in 

### light of

### expansive scope ofa 

### number of

### Respondent's Requests, records reviewto identify responsive documents is ongoing. TI1i.s discovery 

### will be supplemented as 

### necessary should additional responsive documents be discovered. Where 

### an objection is noted, but a substantive response is provided> the substantive response is provided without 

### waiving the objection.
All responses a'{'e subject to**objecti~ns** 

### as documentedinthe privilege log provided contemporaneously withthese responses.
Drafts 

### o£pleadings, to include copies 

### with comments

### by FAA

### personnel, will 

### not be produced, 

### as privileged under the 

### Attorney Work Product 

### and Deliberative

### Process privileges. Request for ProductionNo. 1: All documents relating 

### to Leading Edge. Answer: Objection, overbroad, 

### to the extentthe request 

### seeks production 

### of documents irrelevant to 11le 

### claims and defenses ofthis matter and is 

### unlimited with respectto time. F.R.C.P. Rule 26(b)(l). Objection, overbroad, to the extentthe10/09/2012 12:12 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 03/08

request seeks production ofdocuments prepared in anticjpe.tion oflitigation. F.R.C.P. Rule 26(b)(3)(A). Thisrequest is being interpreted as only applying to material relating to the Part 145**certifica~** held by Leading Edge. With that proviso, all otherwise unobjectionable mate:tl.al relating to Respondent's work on. N5758H is enclosed orwill be provided by the October 31,2012 deadline provided for in the Judge's Order ofOctober 

### 1. 2012. 

### RequestforProductionNo. 2: All d.ocuments relating to this matter. 

### Answer: Enclosed or will be provided by the October 31. 2012 deadline provided. for in the Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012.**Requ~stfor** 

### Production No.3: All documents used or relied upon 

### to prepare answers to interrogatories or requests to admit. 

### Answer: Enclosed orvvi.Il be provided 

### by the October. 31,2012 deadline provided for in the Judge's.O:r:der ofOctober 1, 2012. 

### Request for ProductionNo. 4: All documents used or relied upon to prepare the Complaint. 

### AnS11ler: Objectto the extent the request implicates the attorney work product, attorney**client~** or deliberative process privileges. Enclosed. 

### Request for Production No. 5: A11 "items ofprooe for the enforcement action against Leading Edge. 

### A.nswer:**Enclosed~** with the exception ofitem ofProofNo. 13, which is a subject ofa Motion for Confidential Order. 

### Request for Production No. 6: All communications with Leading Edge relating in 

### any way to this matter. 

### Answer: All written communications ar.e**enclosed~** To the extent records were kept of oral communications, those records are enclosed or will be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadHne provided for in the Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012. 

### Request for ProductionNo. 7: All communications between the FAA and third parties relating in 

### auy way to Leading Edge and/or this en.fo:r:cement·action. 

### Answer: Enclosed or will be provided by 

### tl1e October 31, 2012 deadline provided fo:r i.n the Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012. 

### Request for 

### Production No. 8: Th.e 

### curriculum vitae ofany expert witness that the FAA 

### may have testify atthe**hearing~** along with 

### any and all documents relied. upon, reviewed, received, prepared, or drafted by the expert in connection Vvith his or her proposedtestimony at the hearing ofth.is matter.

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### Answer: Expert witnesses have not, as ofthe time ofthis response, been identified. Comple.in.an.t is cognizant ofthe ongoi.n.g nature ofits Discovery obligatio:o., and will provide the requested information ifand when an expert witness is identified. 

### Request for ProductionNo. 9: All docwnents that the FAA may use at the hearing ofthis matter. PAGE 04/08



### Answer: Enclosed 

### or. will be provided by 

### 1he October. 

### 31, 2012 deadline provided fo:r. intll.e Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 201.2. 

### RequestforProduction No. 10: All subpoenas issued i:o. this matter. 

### Answer: As ofthe date ofthis response, no subpoenas have been issued in this matter. 

### Requestfor

### Production. No. 11: All documents that the FAA may use at any deposition in. this matter. 

### Answer: As ofthis date, Complainanthas not noticed any depositions in this matter. 

### Complai.n.ant is cognizant of

### the ongoing nature ofits 

### Discovery obligation, and 

### will provide the 

### :r:equested infonnation in the 

### event a deposition is noticed. 

### Request for Production No. 12: All documents relied upon, reviewed, orprepared by the FAArelating to· this matter. 

### Answer: Objection, to the extent the request implicates the attorney work produ.ct, attorney client, and deliberative process 

### privileges. Encl.osed1 or will be provided 

### by the October 31, 2012 deadline provi.ded for inthe Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012. Request 

### for Production No. 

### 13: All documents relating to inspection.s,**reviews~** or examinations by the FAA ofthe Aircraft. 

### Answer: Objection, overbroad, to the extentthe request see.ks production of documents 

### irrelevant to the claims and defenses ofthis matter and is unlimited with respectto time. F.R.C.P. Rule 26(b)(l). Documents relati.ng to inspections, reviews,
orexaminations by the FAA ofthe Aircraft relevant to this case 

### (specifi.cal.ly including 

### "conformity in.spection[sr referenced in Respondent's Request to Admit No. 18) are enclosed or will be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for inthe Judge's Order ofOctober l,2012

.. 

### Request for Production No. !4: All documents relating to inspections,**reviews~** or exam.inations by the FAA ofthe Aircraft's log books. 

### Answer: Objection, overbroad, to the extent the request seeks production of documents irrelevan.tto the claims and defenses ofth.is matter and is unlimited with respect to tint.e. F.R.C.P. Rule 26(b)(l). Documents relating to inspections, reviews,

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orexaminations bythe FAA ofthe Aircraft log books relevant to this case (specifically including

..confor.mity inspection[s]" referenced 

### inRespondent's Request to Admit No. 18) are enclosed or will be provided by the October 31,2012 deadline provided for in the Judge's Order ofOctober I, 2012. 

### Request for Production No. 15: All documents that tbe FAA asserts supportthat Leadi;ng Edge violated Section43.13(a) ofthe 

### Federal Aviation Regulations (1.4 

### C.P.R.) "iu.that**~t** 

### perfonn.ed maintenance onan aircraft, engine. 

### propel1er or appliance without usingthe m.ethods, techniques, and practices prescribed in. the current manufacturer's maintenance manual or Instructions for Continued Airworthiness prepared by its manufacturer." 

### Answer: See Complainant's Answerto Respondent's 

### Interrogatory No. 5. Enclosed
or 

### will be provided 

### by the October**31~** 2012 deadline provided for inthe Judge's Order ofOctobe.t' 1, 2012. 

### Request.forProduction No. 16: All documents that the FAA asserts support that Leading Edge violated Section43.13(b) ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C.P.R.) "inthat 

### it perfonned 

### maintenance on an aircraft; and failed to per.forrn the maintenance in a manner such that the conditi.on ofthe aircraft was at least equal to its original or properly altered condition." 

### Answer: See Complainant's .Answer to Respondent's Interrogatory No. 6. Enclosed
orwill be provided by the October 31. 2012 deadline provided for intl1e Judge's 

### O:rder ofOctober 1, 2012. 

### Request for Production No. 

### 17: A1l documents that the 

### FAA asserts support that Leading Edge violated Section 43.l5(a)(l) ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C.F.R.) "inthat it performed an inspectionrequited under Part 91. aud failed to perform it so as to determine whether the aircraft, orportion thereofunder inspection, met all applicable airwortluness requirements." 

### Answer: See Complainant's Answer to Respondent's Interrogatory No.7. Enclosed
orwi11 be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for 

### i:o the Judge's Order ofOctober 1. 2012. 

### Request for Production No. 18: AU documents that the FAA. asserts support that Leading Edge violated Section 145.20l(c)(l) ' 4inthat 

### it approved for return to service an article**wh~n** themaintenance, preventive**maintenance~** or alteration was not performed in accordance 

### 'With the applicable approved technical data or. acceptable 

### to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)." 

### Answer: See Complainant's Answerto Respondent's Interrogatory No.8. Enclosed
or 

### will be provided 

### by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for in. the Judge's Or.der ofOctober 1. 2012.

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Request for ProductionNo. 19: All documents that the FAA asserts support that Leadi.:u.g Edge violated Section 145.207(a) ofthe

### Federal Aviation Regulations 

### (14 C.F.R.) "in that it failed to follow jts approved repair station manual." 

### Answer: See Complainant's Answerto Respondent's Interrogatory No.9. Enclosed
or will beprovided by th.e October 31, 2012 deadline provided for inthe Judge's Order ofOctober 

### l, 2012. 

### Request for Production No. 20: All documents that the FAA asserts support that Leading Edge violated Section 145.2ll(b) of

### the Federal Aviation Regulations 

### (14 C.P.R.) In that it failed to follow 

### its quality control system when. perfonning maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations under

### its repair station certificate." PAGE 06/08



### Answer: See Complainant's 

### Answerto Respondent's InterrogatoryNo. 

### 10. Enclosed
or will be provided 

### by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for 

### in the Judge's Order ofOctober l, 2012. 

### Request for 

### Production No. 21: All docwnents that the FAAasserts support that Leading Edge violated Section I45.215(a) oftheFederal Aviation Regulations (l4 

### C.P.R.) inthat**it~** 

### as a certificatedrepair station 

### with a limited rating, perforro.ed maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alterations on 

### an article which was not listed 

### on its current capability list or its operations specifications."**Answer~** See Complainant's Answer to Respondent's Interrogatory No. 11. Enclosed
or will be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for 

### jnthe Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012. 

### Request.forProduction No. 22: 

### All documents 

### relating to the FAA's confonnity inspections ofthe Aircraft. Answer: See Answer to Respondent's Request for ProductionNos. 13 and 15. Enclosed or 

### will be provided 

### by the October 31,2012 deadline 

### provi.ded for in the Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012. Request for ProductionNo. 23: 

### All photographs, videos, or drawings of

### the Aircraft that relate to this matter. Answe1·: Enclosed orw.Ul be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for in the Judge's Qrder ofOctober 1, 2012. Request 

### for Production

### No. 24: All docwnen.ts relating to the FAA's investigation(s) of Leading Edge. 

### Answer: Enclosed or will be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for inthe Judge's Order ofOctober 1, 2012.

Complainant's Rcsl'onses t¢ Respondent's**Requ~::sts** for Production Leading Edge Aviation, !nc. JEPF!lEY M. HAF.PER, PA.A Ai'TORNEY 1EL: 42S.227.1417; FAX;425.227.I007 DMS Nos. FAA-Z012-0783 Page 5 of710/09/2012 12:12 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 07/08

Request for

### Production No. 25: 

### All documents encompassed

### by Leading Edge's Freedom. of Information Act (FOIA) request 

### to the FAA. Answer: Enclosed 

### or will be provided by the October 31, 2012 deadline provided for 

### il1. the Judge's Order 

### ofOctober 1, 2012, based onundersign.ed counsel's 

### good-faith interpretation ofRespondent's FOIA request. 

### RespectfuJiy submitted this 9th day 

### ofOctober, 

### 2012.

# ~~·~ J.

. Harper

# F~omey JMB/tk

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that the foregoingResponses to Respondent's Req.uests for Production has been served viafacsimile (withoutproduced documents) and Certified Mail.,.;.. Return Receipt Requested (without produced documents) this date, to the following:
The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin Office ofHearings, M-20 1200NewJersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-310) Washington., 

### D.C. 20590 TEL: (202) 366-2139 

### FAX: (202) 

### 366-7536
Federal Aviation Administration (Original and one copy) 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, 

### D.C. 20591 Attn: Heating Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur. Wright BuildjJJg- Suite 2W1000 Fax: (202) 493-5142
I hereby certifythat the foregoingResponses to Respondent's Requests for Production bas 

### been served via facsimile 

### (withoutproduced documents) and Certifl.ed Mail- Return Receipt Requested (with produced documents) tl'lis date, to the following: 

### Fred C. Begy, Esq. Chuhak & Tecson 30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600**Chicago~** IL 60606 Tel: (31.2) 855-5442 

### Fax: (312) 444-9027 

### DATED this 

### 9th. day ofOctobe.r, 

### 201

Te 1Kirk Office ofRegional Counsel (ANM-7) Federal Aviation Administration 

### 1601. Lind Ave. SW**Renton~** W A 98057 (425) 227-2160

Complainant's Responses 1:o

### R~:spondent's Rcque..qts for Production r

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