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December 31, 2014

Exemption No. 1044 4 B 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

, as amended . It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

B y docket submission on October 3, 2014

, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Ad ministration (FAA) on behalf of Aero Contractors, Ltd

. ( Aero ) for an extension of Exemption No. 1044 4

, as amended . 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 complying with 14 CFR § 125.226(e) or (f), as applicable.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in t he conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The delay in delivery of the Image Recorder system to be installed on Aero’s airplanes was caused by parts certification issues which have been addressed by the manufacturer (Physical Optics Corporation (POC)) and the FAA. The FAA Aircraft Certification and Manufacturing Inspection District Offices are working with POC to finalize Technical Standard Order (TSO)

authorization for the re maining components required for the installation of the image recorder

systems. This authorization is required before POC can ship the parts for installation and will be2

completed in time for Aero to bring their airplanes into compliance within the durati on of this

extension.

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 p etition would be detr iment al to Aero.

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification fo r the issuance of Exemption No. 1044 4 , as amended

, 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, 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 meet 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

- 1 45.

3. Aero Contractors must continue submit ing to its Principal Avionics Inspector ( PAI ) a monthly status report outlining its progress with the image recorder manufacturer in developing the modifications necessary to demonstrate compliance with 14 CFR §§ 1 25.226(e) and 125.226(f), as applicable. 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 into 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 final3

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 its PAI a firm schedule to evaluate the equivalency of the image data

to the F light D ata R ecorder requirements in part 125

, Appendix E before the termination date of this exemption.

6. No airplanes may be added to the list of affected airplanes listed in Condition No. 1, regardless 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, 2016 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service