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- E December 17, 2013

Exemption No. 1044 4 A Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2012

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Mr. Richard Litka

Director of Maintenance Aero Contractors, Ltd.

3463 Swift Creek Road Smithfield, NC 27577

Dear Mr. Litka:

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

No

. 1044 4 . It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By docket submission on October 1, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation

Ad ministration (FAA) on behalf of Aero Contractors, Ltd

. ( Aero ) for an extension of Exemption No. 1044 4 . That exemption from § 125.226(e) and (f ) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Aero Contractors the continued operations of four

CASA 235

- 300 series airplanes for 24 months from the date of this letter without comp lying with 14 CFR § 125.226(e) or (f), as applicable.

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 d etermined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this p etition would be detr imental to Aero.

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification fo r the issuance of Exemption No. 1044 4 remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the2

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I grant Aero Contractors, Ltd. this exemption from 14 CFR § 125.226(e) and (f), as applicable , to operate the four CASA 235

- 300 series airplanes until they are

retrofitted and evaluated to m eet the requirements of that section, subject to the conditions and

limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations:

1. This exemption applies only to the following airplanes:

Make Model Serial No.

CASA CN

- 235

- 300 C

- 135

CASA CN

- 235

- 300 C

- 139

CASA CN

- 235

- 300 C

- 143

CASA CN

- 235

- 300 C

- 145

2. This exemption applies only to the recordation of the parameters required by:

a. 14 CFR § 125.226(e) and listed in § § 125.226(a)(24 ), (25), (29), (30), (31), (33), (36), (45), (46), (55), (56), by airplane with serial number C

- 135, and

b. 14 CFR § 125.226(f) and listed in § § 125.226(a)(24) , (25), (29), (30), (31), (33), (36), (45), (46), (55), (56), (60), (74), (75), (77), (78), (82), (83), (84), and (85) by airplanes

with serial numbers C

- 139, C

- 143, and C

- 145.

3. Beginni ng March 4, 2012, Aero Contractors must submit to its PAI a monthly status report outlining its progress with the image recorder manufacturer in developing the modifications necessary to demonstrate compliance with 14 CFR §§ 125.226(e) and 125.226(f), as a pplicable. If the operator is unable to procure the equipment required to modify the installed image recorder system within 9 months of the date this exemption is granted, it must submit as its next monthly report a firm plan for bringing the aircraft int o compliance with §§ 125.226(e) or 125.226(f), as applicable.

4. Within one month of procuring the equipment required for the modifications required by item No. 3, the operator must submit to its PAI a firm schedule for accomplishing the final

modifications of the image recorder system used to collect the parameters of flight data required by 14 CFR §§ 125.226(e) or 125.226(f), as applicable.

5. Within one month of accomplishing the final modifications of the image recorder system, the operator must submit to i ts PAI a firm schedule to evaluate the equivalency of the image data to the FDR requirements in part 125

, Appendix E before the termination date of this exemption.3

6. No airplanes may be added to the list of affected airplanes listed in Condition No. 1,

re gardless of the date of acquisition.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 10444 , as amended, to January 31, 2015 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/ John Barbagallo Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service