AFS-15-3340-E

November 17, 2015

 Exemption No. 13751

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2003-15806

Mr. Pat Hulsey

Director of Operations

Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc.

P.O. Box 700548

Dallas, TX 75370-0548

Dear Mr. Hulsey:

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 July 1, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. (Ameristar) for an extension of Exemption No. 10313, as 

amended. That exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 121.153(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Ameristar to operate its U.S.-registered aircraft in 

domestic operations temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft’s 

airworthiness certificate or registration certificate or both. Although you requested an 

extension of Exemption No.10313, as amended (copy enclosed), that exemption expired on 

July 31, 2015. Therefore, we are issuing Ameristar a new exemption.

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 extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Ameristar.
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Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that—

• they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the 

enclosed Grant of Exemption No.10313, as amended;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 

10313, as amended also apply to the situation you present; and 

• for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption No. 10313, as amended, a grant of 

exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

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 Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. (Ameristar) an

exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 121.153(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations to allow Ameristar to operate its U.S.- registered aircraft in domestic operations 

temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft’s airworthiness 

certificate or registration certificate or both, subject to the conditions and limitations listed 

below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Before operating under this exemption, Ameristar must apply for and receive from the 

FAA district office responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its 

operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Before operating under this exemption, Ameristar must develop a comprehensive 

program that provides for continued operation of the aircraft logbook when the 

airworthiness certificate and/or registration certificate for such aircraft is lost, stolen, 

or mutilated; ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for the replacement 

certificate; and provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim 

required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the 

affected aircraft. This program must be FAA-approved and instructions for its use 

must be included in Ameristar’s manual required by § 121.133.

3. The comprehensive program specified in Condition/Limitation No. 2 must contain—

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be used:

“This aircraft is being operated without an airworthiness certificate (or 

registration certificate, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption 

No.____ for a period of 48 hours beginning:

TIME: ___________ DATE: ________ 20__” 

b. The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by this 

condition must be affixed to the above statement. An identification of the 

designated person or persons within Ameristar’s maintenance organization 
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authorized to enter the statement outlined in Condition/Limitation No. 3a and 

the method, or methods, wherein the documents required under 

Condition/Limitation No. 5 will be transmitted to the affected aircraft.

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within Ameristar’s organization 

responsible for airworthiness certificates and registration certificates will 

maintain a current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft 

within its fleet that may be affected by this exemption. The data must be made 

readily available to that element within Ameristar’s maintenance organization 

identified in Condition/Limitation No. 3b and must be kept current at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with the 

responsibility for Ameristar is notified immediately of a missing of mutilated 

certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement 

certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or duplicate certificate 

(in the case of a registration certificate).

e. Procedures that will describe specific duties and responsibilities by job title.

4. Ameristar may exercise the privileges of this exemption only for temporary 

replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that is current, in effect, and applies 

to only the U.S.-registered aircraft listed in Ameristar’s FAA-approved operations 

specifications.

5. When Ameristar exercises the privileges of this exemption, a copy of this exemption 

and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its use must be carried onboard 

the aircraft.

6. Under this exemption, Ameristar must operate the affected aircraft totally within the 

contiguous 48 States of the United States and the District of Columbia.

This exemption terminates on November 30, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Director, Flight Standards Service