AFS-16-14144-E

November 16, 2016

 Exemption No. 17144

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2008-0994

Mr. Chuck Horgan

Director of Maintenance

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.

STAT MedEvac

10 Allegheny County Airport

West Mifflin, PA 15122

Dear Mr. Horgan:

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 September 14, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc., d/b/a 

STAT MedEvac (STAT) for an exemption from §§ 91.411(b) and 91.413(c) of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). That exemption, if granted, would allow STAT to perform 

air traffic control (ATC) transponder tests and inspections and altimeter systems and altimeter 

reporting equipment tests and inspections for its part 135 aircraft maintained under an 

approved aircraft inspection program (AAIP).

Although you requested an extension of Exemption No. 9775, as amended (copy enclosed),

that exemption expired on October 31, 2016. Therefore, we are issuing STAT a new 

exemption.
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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 STAT.

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 9775, 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 Center for Emergency Medicine of Western 

Pennsylvania, Inc., d/b/a STAT MedEvac an exemption extension to perform Air Traffic 

Control (ATC) transponder tests and inspections and altimeter systems and altimeter reporting 

equipment tests and inspections for its part 135 aircraft maintained under an approved aircraft 

inspection program (AAIP), subject to the following conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. All ATC transponder tests and inspections and all altimeter reporting equipment tests 

and inspections must be conducted under STAT’s part 135 AAIP.

2. All tests and inspections must be recorded in the aircraft’s maintenance log by the 

person performing each inspection and test. This record must identify the person 

performing the inspection, the date of the inspection, and this exemption number.

3. All records of these tests and inspections also must be kept in STAT’s maintenance 

recording system for its part 135 aircraft.

This exemption terminates on November 30, 2018 unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Director, Flight Standards Service