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- E September 11, 2013

Exemption No. 10863 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2013

- 0476

Mr. Joseph P. Brennan Chief Program Pilot, Standardization and Safety Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

M ain Street

– P.O. Box 9729 Stratford, Connecticut, 06615

- 9129

Dear Mr. Brennan :

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 letter dated May 23, 2013 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on

behalf of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) for an exemption from § 91.313(a) and (b)

o f Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Sikorsky

to conduct part 61 flight crewmember training in a restricted category aircraft.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the p etition

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 Sikorsky

.

The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your peti tion. In Grant of Exemption Nos. 5428, 8568, 10410A, 10410,

10348 (copies enclosed), the FAA found that granting the exemption was appropriate.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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• they ar e similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 5428, 8568, 10410A, 10410, 10348

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• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 5428, 8568, 10410A, 10410, 10348 als o apply to the situation you present; and

• a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Sikorsky Aircraft Corporati on an exemption from

14 CFR § 91.313(a) and (b) to the extent necessary to conduct part 61 flight crewmember training in a restricted category aircraft , subj ect to the conditions and limitations described

below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption is only valid until a standard category, short body S

- 61 aircraft

becomes available for use by Sikorsky. This exemption will terminate upon the availability of a standard category

, short body S

- 61 rotorcraft operated, leased, or owned by Sikorsky.

2. This e xemption is limited to Sikorsky S

- 61A, N561SC, serial number 61272.

3. No operations for compensation or hire shall be conducted during operations under

this exemption.

4. All routes and training locations must be suitable to the FAA inspector conducting

the c heck or by the Certificate Holding District Office (CHDO) in the geographic region where the aircraft is based if a designee is permitted to conduct the check.

5. Sikorsky may only use this aircraft for the special purposes identified on the

restricted categ ory airworthiness certificate for the rotorcraft and the follow ing training required by part 61, §§ 61.31 (a) and (b) ( type rating requirements )

, and § 61.58 ( Pilot

- in Command proficiency checks )

. To complete checks and evaluations required by § 61.31 and § 61.58

, the aircraft must be certificated for flight into instrument meteorological conditions;

6. An aircraft configuration analysis including but not limited to flight deck, flight manual, operating limitations, and procedures must be completed and provid ed to

the CHDO in the geographic region where the aircraft is based reflecting the capability of the aircraft to perform all required procedures and maneuvers to meet part 61 training and checking requirements.

7. No person may operate this Sikorsky S

- 6IA, N56ISC, serial number 61272,

rotorcraft at a weight greater than the weight that, with the critical engine3

inoperative, would permit a rate of climb of at least 50 feet per minute at an altitude of at least 1,000 feet above the elevation of the highest gro und or obstruction within the area to be operated or at an altitude of 5,000 feet, whichever

is higher.

8. The aircraft must be maintained in accordance with the Sikorsky equalized inspection and maintenance program SA 4047

- 13. Sikorsky must provide a

writt en report validating compliance before beginning training or checking and quarterly thereafter.

9. The report will also include validation that life

- limits have not been exceeded.

10. A copy of this exemp tion most be provided to the CHDO in the geographic regi on where the aircraft is based and must be carried aboard the aircraft at all times.

11. Failure to meet any of the conditions of this exemption immediately cancels the authority authorized by this exemption.

This exemption terminates on September 30, 2015

, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosures