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Jeffrey M. Harper FAA Office of Regional Counsel 1601 Lind Avenue Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 T (425) 227-2161 F (425) 227-1007 

### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

In the Matter of; Alpine Aviation, 

### Inc. DMS No. FAA-2014-0863 FAA Case No. 2014WP910076 Honorable Richard C. Goodwin



### COMPLAINANT'S INITIAL DISCOVERY REQUEST
To Respondent:
In accordance with 14 C.P.R.§ 13.220 and the Federal Rules ofCivil Procedure, please respond to the follovving Interrogatories, Requests for Production ofDocuments, and Request forAdmissions, separately and fully under oath by January 7, 2015. PAGE 11/15

These discoveryrequests are intended to discover information and/or documents not only within your personal knowledge or obtainableby you, but also information inthepossession ofor obtainableby your attorneys, investigators, representatives, employees, agents, or anyone acting on yourbehalfor ontheir behalf. These discoveryrequests are continuing in .nature and any information which may be discovered by you subsequentto the service and filing ofyour answers must be brought to the attenti.on ofthe agency attorney through supplemental answers when 

### it becomes available to you, at a reasonable time prior to thehearing inthis matter. Ifthere are any additions, deletions or changes in the answers or information provided at any timeprior to the hearing Respondent is specificallyrequested to so immediately inform 

### the agency attomey. Ifsuch information is notfu1nished, the agency attorney at the time ofthe hearing 

### will move to exclude from evidence such information requested and not furnished. 

### Th: agency attorney further requests that the Respondent producetl1e documents identified and designated herein for i.nspectiou and copying at the FederalAviation Administration (FAA) Office ofRegional Counsel, Suite 570, 1601 LindAvenue, South.west, Renton, Washington 98057, byJanuary 7, 2015.12/08/2014 12:02 4252271007 ANM7



### Privilege If, in responding to, or failing to respond to these Interrogatories, Requests forAdmissioD and Requests 

### for Production you invoke or rely upon any privilege ofany kind, state specifically the nature ofthe privilege; the basis upon which you invoke, rely upon, or claim it, including any statutory or decisional 

### reference if

### applicable; and identify 

### all documents or other information, including contacts and communications, 

### which you 

### believe to be embraced bythe privilege invoked. DATED this 8'h day ofDecember, 2014. Digitally signed by JEFFREY M HARPER

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### Government, ou=ANM,

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Cornplalnant1Slrlltlal Discovery Request In the Matter of A 1.plne Avlat;loii, Inc. 

### Date: 2014.12.08 09:45:12 -08'00'

DMS No. FAA·2014-0B63; FAA Case No. ?.014WP910070 Page 2 of 6 Jeffrey M. Harpert FAA Attorney T (425) 227-2161 F (425) 227-1007 PAGE 12/1512/08/2014 12:02 4252271007 ANM7

Interrogatories Interrogatory No. I: IdentifY by name, address, andtelephone nwnber 

### all persons whom. AlpineAviation, Inc. knows to have personal knowledge ofthe matters alleged in the Complaint. PAGE 13115

Interrogatory No. 2: Identizy bytitle, date, author, present custodian, and content, all docwnents, i11cluding correspondence, obtained by you orin your possession, relatmg to the assertions in the Complaint, your appeal, your answer, and any affirmative defenses which you anticipate raising in this m.atter. See Request for Production No. I. Interrogatory No. 3: Jdentizy by name, address, and telephone number, all persons whom youintend to have testizy as a factual or expert witness in your defense at the hearing in this matter, and for factual witnesses, provide a detailed sununary ofeachperson's anticipated testimony. InterrogatowNo. 4: ldenticy by title, date, author, present custodian, and content, all docmueuts which you anticipate offering into evidence or using at thehearing in this matter, andthrough which witness or witnesses the document

**\\~11** be offered. Sec Request for ProductionNo. 2. Interrogatory No. 5: \Vith respect to each expert witness identified in response to Interrogatory No. 3, specify their specific area ofexperti,se and provide a synopsis oftheir

**c~:edentials,** background, training, and experience. InterrogatoryNo. 6: With respect to each expert you expectto c::all as a witness, statethe subjectmatter on which the expertis expectedto testizy, the substance ofthe facts and opinions to which the expert is expected to testicy, and provide a summary ofth.e grom}ds for each such opinion. Interrogatory No. 7: Describe with specificity all facts and evidence you intendto rely upon in support ofany affirmative defenses raised in any Answer to the Complaint. See Request for Production No.3. Interrogatory No.8: Describe with. specificity 

### all ofthe facts Which you anticipate presenting inthe course ofthe hearing in this matterpertainingto the avoidance or mitigation ofthe sanction sought by the FAAinthis case. See Request for ProductionNo.4. InterrogatoryNo. 9: For each allegation in the Complaint that is deni.ed-wb.ether outright or as a result ofhaving insufficientinfonnatioo or k:nowledge from which. to form. a beliefas to the truth ofthe allegation, in whole, or inpmt-state with specificitythe facts that are the Complainant's Initial Discovery Request In the Metter of AtplneAviation, Inc:. DMS No- FAA-2014·0863; FAA case No. 2014WP910070 Page 3 of 6 Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney T (425) 227-2161 F (425) 227-100712/08/2014 12:02 4252271007 ANM7



### basis for that denial as well as the inquiries takento determine that the allegation in

### the Complaint is not correct. See Request for Production No. 

### 5. InterrogatorY No. 

### I0: Fo> any Requests for Admissions that are denied-. whether outright or 

### as a result ofhaving insufficient information or knowledge from which to form abeliefas to the truth ofthe allegation, in whole, or in part-statewith specificity the facts and evidence which are the basis for that denial as well as the inquiries taken to determine that the facts in the request for admission are 

### not correct. See Request for ProductionNo. 6. Requests 

### for Production 

### Request for Production No. 

### 1: Provide a copy of

### all documents referred to in your answer to Interrogatory No. 

### 2 Request for ProductionNo. 2: Provide a copy ofall documents referred to in your answer to InterrogatoryNo.4. Request for ProductionNo. 3: 

### Provide a copy ofall 

### documents that support your answerto Interrogatory No.7. Request for ProductionNo.4: Provide a copy ofall 

### documents that supportyour answer 

### to InterrogatoryNo. 8. 

### Request for Production No. 5: 

### Provide 

### acopy ofall docurn.ents that support your answer to Interrogatory No.9. Request for Production No.6: Provide 

### a copy ofall 

### documents thst support your answer to InterrogatoryNo. 

### l0. Request for ProductionNo. 

### 7: Provide a copy ofall exhibits thatAlpine intends to offer 

### as evidence or v;illuse during any hearing in tins matter. Requests 

### for Admission 

### Under 

### 14 C.F.R. § 

### 13.220(b) and Rule 36 ofthe Federal Rules ofCi.vil Procedure, you are requested to admitthe 

### truth ofthe following matters. Amatter is admitted unless responded to in a reasonable 

### tinle. The Rules ofPractice 

### in FAA Civil Penalty Actions, 14 

### C.P.R. § 

### 13.220(d), defines a reasonable tinle to be 30 

### days, The agency requests that an answer be served uponthe agency attorney either admitting the matter, specifically denying the matter, stating why the matter cannot be admitted or denied, or objecting to the request, with reasons for the objection stated within 30 days ofthe date ofservice uponyou, that is, January 7, 2015.

' PAGE 14/15

Complainant's Initial Discovery Request In the Matter of Alpine Aviation, Inc, DMS No. fAA,20J.4,0863: FAA case No. 2014WP910070 Page 4 of 6 Jeffrey M. Harper. FAA Attorney T(42o) 227·216:l. F (425) 227-100712/B8/2B14 12:B2 4252271BB7 ANI·

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### Request for Admission No. I: AdmitAlpine has 6 or more aircraft on its air earner certificate. Request for 

### Admission No. 2: 

### Admit tl1atAlpine has 6 

### ormore pilots. 

### Request for Admission No.3:Admit Alpine has the financial ability 

### to pay 

### the proposed $20,925 civil penalty. Request for Adu:Ji.ssion No.4: AdmitAlpine settled FAA Case No. 2009V/P910293 by agreeing to pay $45,000. Request for Adnli.ssionNo. 5: Admit FAA Case No. 2009WP9l0293 

### alleged violations of 14 

### C.F.R. Part 121,

### Appendix I, Section V.A.l, which was recodified as 14 

### C.P.R. 

### § 120.109(a)(l). Request for Admission No. 6: Admit FAACase No. 2009WP9!0293 alleged violations of 14 

### C.F.R. 

### § 121.457(a), 

### which was recodij)ed as 14 

### C.P.R. § 120.35. 

### Request for Admission No.7: Admit FAA Case No. 2009WP91029'3 

### alleged violations of 14 

### C.P.R.§ l2l.459(b), 

### whi.ch was recodified as 14 

### C.F.R § 

### 120.39 PAGE 15/15

Complalnant's Initial Discovery ReqLlest In the

**M~ttcr** of Alpine Aviation, Inc, DMS No. FM-2014-0863; FAA Case No. 2014WP910070 Page 5 of 6 Jeffrey M. Horper. FAA Attorney T(425) 227-2161 F (425) 227·100712/BB/2014 12:B2 4252271007 ANH7



### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certifY that the foregoing Complainant's Initial Discovery Request has been served via. facsimile, e-mail, and Certified Mail

- Return Receipt Requested this date, to the following: The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin Office ofHearings, M.-20 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-310) Washington, DC 20590 Fax: (202) 366-7536 richard.goodwin@dot.gov Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 ·Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2Wl000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Fax: (202) 267-1293 Max Hansen, Esq. Alpine Aviation, Inc. P.O. Box 1301 Dillon, 

### MT 59725 Fax: (406) 683-4304 max@irc!031x.com Dated this 8th day ofDecember, 2014

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