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- E December 29, 2015

Exemption No. 10895 A Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2013

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Mr. Rick Sloan

Chief Pilot Chevron Aircraft Operation s 96 Runway Road Picayune, MS 39466

Dear Mr. S loan :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By l etter dated September 1, 2015 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

on behalf of Chevron Aircraft Operations (C hevron ) for an extension of E xemption No. 10895. That exemption from § 91.9(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

allow s C hevron to operate Sikorsky S

- 92A (S

- 92A) helicopters with limited exposure to engine failure during takeoff and landing while carrying up to 19 passengers between land

based and offshore facilities or when operating between two offshore facili ties, day, night, visual flight rules, and instrument flight rules.

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 determined 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 petition would be detrimental to C hevron

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Our De cision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10895 remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f ), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, Chevron Aircraft Operations is grant ed an extension to E xemption

No. 10895 from 14 CFR § 91.9(a) which allows Chevron to operate S

- 92A helicopters with limited exposure to engine failure during takeoff and landin g while carrying up to

19 passengers between land

- based and offshore facilities or when operating between two offshore facilities, day, night, visual flight rules, and instrument flight rules , subj ect to the

conditions and limitations described below.

Con ditions and Limitations

1. This exemption is limited to operations conducted in Chevron ’s S

- 92A helicopters.

2. This exemption is limited to operations conducted between land

- based airports and offshore heliports, or operations conducted between two offshore h eliports.

3. This exemption is not valid for operations in foreign airspace without the prior authorization of the Civil Aviation Authority with jurisdiction over that airspace.

4. Occupants of flights conducted under this exemption must wear personal floatati on equipment whenever the aircraft is over water and the aircraft must be equipped with floats, accessible rafts, and a 406 MHz beacon.

5. Chevron must make available and provide access, upon request by the FAA, to its engine reliability historical data for the S

- 92As in its fleet in order to provide ongoing surveillance of engine reliability.

6. Computations regarding the determination of the approach and departure profiles must not exceed the ICAO standard of 9 seconds of exposure to engine failure related to Performance Class 2 with limited exposure to engine failure.

7. Operations will not be conducted unless the current aircraft weight, altitude and temperature, as provided in the S

- 92A Rotorcraft Flight Manual, ensure the ability to climb 150 feet per mi nute at 1,000 feet above the takeoff surface with one engine inoperative and the remaining engine at maximum continuous one

- engine inoperative (OEI) power.

8. Chevron must comply with, in addition to other routine preflight computations, the procedures cit ed in the S

- 92A Rotorcraft Flight Manual, Part 2, Section III, Supplemental Performance Data, page III

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- 50, contained in the paragraphs titled3

“Elevated Helideck Takeoff and Landing

– Limited Exposure

– (At Figure 3

- 22 WAT)” and the paragraph following tit led “Vertical Takeoff

– Elevated Helideck.”

9. Operations under the provisions of this exemption must be flown by two pilot crews that are qualified and current in the operation of the S

- 92A.

10. Chevron ’s approved training program must include provisions for training of appropriate crews on the profiles associated with a Performance Class 2 with limited exposure takeoff and arrival, including performance planning. Chevron must document the conduct and completion of that training for appropriate flight

crewme mbers.

11. Proficiency in the use of the profiles described in Condition No. 10 must be demonstrated satisfactorily during recurrent evaluations required by §§ 135.293 or 135.299 or 61.58, as appropriate.

12. Chevron must establish parameters for takeoff and ar rival at helidecks for its flight data monitoring program and provide ongoing surveillance of those operations.

13. Chevron must advise all S

- 92A flight crewmembers of the provisions of this exemption, and document that notification.

14. A copy of this exemption must be carried onboard each S

- 92A utilizing these provisions.

This exemption terminates on December 31, 201 7 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Jodi L. Baker Deputy Assistant Manager, Air Transportation Division