UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMrNISTRA TION 

WASHINGTON, DC 20591 

In the matter of the petition of 

USDATAWING AERIAL ANALYTICS 

LLC, for an exemption from §§ 61.23(a) and 

(c), 61. 101(e)(4) and (5), 61.113(a), 61.315(a), 

91.7(a), 91.11 9(c), 91.1 2 1, 91.151(a)(l), 

91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(l) and (2), 

and 91.41 7(a) and (b) of Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regul ations. 

Exemption No. ll554C 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-0377 

DENIAL OF EXEMPTION 

By letter posted to the public docket on June 22, 2016, Mr. Justin Adams, on behalf of 

US Data Wing Aerial Analytics LLC, 18615 Tuscany Stone, Suite 320, San Antonio, Texas 

78258, petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an exemption from §§ 

61.23(a) and (c), 61.101(e)(4) and (5), 61.113(a), 6 1.315(a), 91.7(a), 91.1 19(c), 91.12 1, 

9l.151(a)(l), 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(l), 9 1.409(a)(l) and (2), and 91.417(a) and (b) of 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations ( 14 CFR). The petitioner requested to renew 

Exemption No. 115548, which expires May 31, 2017, to operate UAS to conduct aerial data 

collection. 

The petitioner supports its request with the following information: 

The original petition for exemption describing the proposed operation and the regulations 

from which the petitioner seeks exemption is posted to the docket. To view the petition, visit 

http://www.regulations.gov, enter the regulatory docket number found on the first page of this 

document into the search box and click "Search," then click on the "Open Docket Folder" link 

next to a result associated with the docket number. 

The FAA's analysis is as follows: 

The FAA has finalized the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small 

unmanned aircraft systems ( 14 CFR part 1 07). The new rule is now in effect and offers 

safety regulations for unmanned aircraft drones weighing less than 55 pounds. The FAA has 

reviewed your request and determined that your requested operation may be conducted 

entirely under part 107, Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 

without exemption or need for waiver under the provisions of 14 CFR § 107.200. 
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Section 333 of Public Law 11 2-95, Special Rules for Cerlain Unmanned Aircraft Syslems 

(UAS), provided the FAA authority to authorize certain UAS operations. This incremental 

step provided a pathway for safe and legal civil operations in the National Airspace System 

(NAS) and was considered a bridge mechanism until the implementation of part 107. Now 

that part 107 is in effect, the vast majority of operations authorized under previously issued 

exemptions under Section 333, including the operations proposed in this petition for 

exemption, can be conducted under part 107. These operations no longer necessitate an 

exemption. 

The FAA's decision: 

In consideration of the foregoing, I find that a grant of exemption is not in the public interest. 

Therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113, and 44701, 

delegated to me by the Administrator, the petition of US Data Wing Aerial Analytics LLC is 

hereby denied. The petitioner may begin operations in accordance with 14 CFR, part 107: 

Opera/ion and Cerlijicalion of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems at their discretion. 

Issued in Washington, DC on FEB 2 3 2017 

~d. 

John S. Duncan 

Director, Flight Standards Service