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U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration


### July 9, 2013 4252271007 ANM7

Northwest Mountain Region Office of Regional Counsel Colorado, Idaho, Mbntana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming 1601 UndAvenue·s.W. Renton, Washington 98057 Tel: (425) 227-1417 Fax: (425) 227-1007 robert.spitZer@faa.gov·



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### ACSIMll.,E AND 

### CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

· Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk) AGC-430

Heating Docket Federal 

### Aviation Administration 

### (Wilbur Wright Bldg

-- Room 2Wl000) 800 Independence Avenue S.W. co PAGE 02/09



### Wasli.Lngton, D.C. 20591 Re: ln. 

### the Matter ofSkyWest.Airlines,FAA CaseNo. 2012NM060041 

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### d,_(:)\3- 6fol.:l_ Enclosed is anoriginal and one

### copy ofa request for hearing and Complaint in

### the abovereferenced proceeding. · The Federal Aviation AcJ.ministration (FAA) requeSts thatthe hearing in this matter beheld in 

### Salt Lake City, Utah, and expects that the hearing**v.illla..~** 

### one (1) 

### day.
For scheduling pmposes, FAA attorney, Robert Spitzer wiU. 

### be unavailable in 

### year 2013: August 

### 20- 22, November 25-29 aJJd 

### December 2-20: 2013. 

### Please address all communications for tbe FAA to the undersigned at:

Sincerely, 

# >··-m Federal Aviation Administration Northwest Mountain Region,**ANM~**

### 7 1601 Lind 

### Avenue S.W

.. 

### Renton, Washington 98057 Telephone: (425) 227-1847 FAX: (425) 

### 227-1007

Robert Spitzer 

### FAA AttOrney · RS/ds Enclosures: Request for Hearing (Appeal) Compl.U.nt07/09/2013 13:53 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 03/09

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### 1601 LIND AVE., SW RENTON, WASHINGTON 98057 TE.LEPHONE: (425) 227-1417 FACSIMIT

.. E: (425) 227-1007 

## UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

W ASIUNGTON, D.C.

Inthe Ma1.1.er of: SkyWest .Ajrlines, Inc. FAA CaseNo. 2012NM060041 Judge

### Not Assigned

.nJDGENOT ASSIGNED: 

### COMPLAINT
The Federal 

### Aviation Admi.JJ.istration (FAA), 

### by counsel, hereby files 

### its 

### Complaint,
pursuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules of

### Practice (14 

### Code of

### Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Section
13.208), and states as follows:
I.

. 

### . OnJune-19, 

### 2013, Sk'"YWest 

### Airlines, Inc., was advised through a FinalNotice of Pr<:>posed Civil PenaJty that the FAA proposed to assess a 

### civil penalty in the am.ount of$55,000.

On July

### 3~ 2013, SkyWest Airlines, Inc., through 

### its legal counsel, submitted a written request 

### for



### - aliea.rip.g.-··**---------~------- ---------~~-~-----**  

### ----·- -

II.

I, 9 

### 1.

. SeyWest Airlines 

### (SkyWest), is

### now, and was at all 

### times material herein, the holder of Scheduled Air Carrier 

### Certificate No. S"WIAO.J. 1 A, and 

### conducts its operations pursuant 

### to Part 121 

### ofthe Federal Aviation 

### Regulations. 50 5J. 52 53 COMPLAINT FAA v. SkyWest A.irii.ncs, Inc. FAA Case No. 2012NM060041 Page 2 of7 ROBERT SPITZER, FAA**AITO~** TEL: (425)**227~1417;** FAX: (425) 227-100707/09/2013 13:53 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 04/09

1 2 .3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

### 2. Paragraph D085 ofSkyWest's Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) authorizes SkyWest to 

### use N659BR a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 civil aircraft, in the conduct ofSkyWest's Part 

### 121 operations. · 3. 

### Paragraph D072 

### ofSkyWest's OpSpecs requires SkyWest 

### to maintain its airc:raft under a 

### Continuous Airworthiness 

### Maintenance Program (CAMP).
4. Paragraph D072'ofSkyWest's 

### OpSpecs incorporates the Sky West General Maintenance Manual (GMM)'into SkyWest's 

### CAMP.
5. Chapter 1, Section 2, Paragraph 1.5.6 ofthe GMM incorporates SkyWest Standard 

### Operating Procedures into SkyWest's 

### CAMP.
6.**Ch~pter** 

### 1, Section 

### 2, Paragraph 1.5.1.0.1.9 incorporates 

### Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) 

### Fault Isolation Manuals (FI.Ms) into SkyWeses CAMP.

19 

### 7. SkyWest SOP 2001- Mechanical Interruptions, 

### Paragraph 11.1.1 states that appropriate 20 

### fault message reset procedures can be found in the FIM for the aircraft. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 

### 8. The Bombardier CL-600-ZB19 FIM, section'FAULT RESET, pages 105 and 113 describes the·approved procedure 

## ofclearing a "STAB CHl INOP" fault 

### message.
9. Th.e 

### approved procedure is to:

. 

### . 

### "Push the STAB DISC switch and then push the Stab CH 1 and· 

### CH 2**pusb.~buttons** 

### for at feast two 

### seconds to engage the stab trim. · Ifthe above action is**unsuccessful~** 

### open the 

### two circuit 

### breakers that 

### follow and then close them: · CBP2-F5 STAB CH 1HSTCU CBP4·A1 STAB CH 2 HSTCU"


### 10. The Bombardier**CL~600-2B** 

### 19 FIM, 

### section FAULT RESET, page 101, states: 

### "NOTE: Do not penqrm the actions tbat are given in the·tables mor.e than once. If, after the first attempt the fault message is still shown, 

### maintenance will'

### be required. Refer to the specific Fault Isolation Procedure for the affected**system.~'** .39 40 41 42 43

-·-- 44- ---11.-: 

### The specific 

### Fault Isolation Procedure for a •'STAB CH-1 JNOP 1

### '-faultmessage is found in 4s the 

### Bombardier CL-600-2B19 FIM, section 27-40-00.· 4.6 47

. 48 49 50 :,1 52 53 

### 12. On October 19,2011, the crew 

### ofN659BR observed an Engine Indjcating Crew Alerting System (EICAS) 

### "STAB CHl INOP" 

### fault message.
13. The crew ofN659BR entered**th~ d.iscr.ep~cy**  inthe aircraft 

### maintenance log.

COMPLAINT FAA v, Sk")'Wcst Airlines, Inc. FAA.CaseNo. 2012NM060041 Page.3 of7 ROBERT SPrrzER., FAAATTORNEY

. TEL: (425) 227·1417; FAX.: (425) 227-100707/09/2013 13:53 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 05/09

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 :1.3 lt.l 15 16 :\. '7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 .26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34. 35 36 37 38 1. 39 -10 

### u 42

. 43. 

### 14. At the direction 

### ofmaintenance control, the crew reset circuit breaker 2F5 without first pushing the STAB DISC 

### s-witch and pushing the Stab CH 

### 1 and CH 2**push~**

### buttons for at least two (2) 

### seconds.
15. Atthe 

### direction ofmaintenance 

### control, the crew 

### powered down N659BR for three (3) minutes, 

### thenpowered itback up. 

### 16. At the 

### direction ofmaintenance 

### contr.ol, the c:rew powered do'Wil. N659BRfor five (5) minutes, then

### powered it 

### b.ack up. 

### 17. The actions 

### described 

### in**paragr~pb.s** IS and 

### 16 above are not described 

### in the Bombardier CL-600-2B 19 FIM, section 27-40-00.
18

.. The crew's actions 

### as described in

### paragraphs 14, 15, 

### and 16 constituted maintenance.
19. At the 

### direction ofmaintenance control, the Pilot"ln.-Command entered "Powered 

### down Aircraft per 

### SP8600 Repowered Aircraft, 

### message cleared system 

### checks normal.. No Further Action Requires 

### per MX 

### Control" 

### a.s the corrective 

### action for the discrepancy and initiaJ.ed the 

### ite:m closed block in 

### the AircraftMaintenance Log. · 

### 20. N659BR was unairwortb.y due to tbe 

### use ofan unapproved procedur.e for correcting the "STAB CH1 INOP" discrepancy.


### 21. On 

### October 

### 21, 2011, N659NR ru:derwent a servjce**inspectio~.** 

### 22. Between. 

### October 19, 2011, when 

### the discrepancy was entered in

### the log 

### and the service' 

### inspection on October 21, 2011;SkyWest 

### operated 

### N659BR on eleven (11)**passenger~** 

### carrying flights.



### . ill.
By

### reason ofthe: foregoing 

### facts and circumstances, 

### SkyWest violated 

### the following
sections ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations 

### (14 C.F.R.):

a. Section'119.5(g), in. that, ·as 

### a direct air 

### carrier, SkyVlest 

### operated in

### violation of 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 5l 52 53 

# --. ---··- -·-a:o appropriateopetati<ms**·specification.;----·~-** 

### --- ·- --·- -- 

### b. Section 

### 119.5(1), 

### inthat Sk-yWest operated aircraft nnder Part 121 

### invjolation 

### of SkyWest's 

### operations specifications; ·



### c. Section 

### 121.153(a)(2), inthat Sky\Yest operated 

### an aircraft which

### was not

### ir!. an airworthy conditioD 

### and 

### did not meet 

### the.applicable ahworthiness requirements;

COMPLAfNT FAA v, SkyWcst Ai.rlincs, JJ.'lc. FAACase No. 2012NM060041 Page4 of7 ROBERT Smz:E:R. fAA ATTORNEY TEL; (425) 227-14l.7; FAX: (425)**2~7~1007**0J/09/2013 13:53 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 05/09

1 2 3 4 5 6 i 8 

### d.

e. Section 121.605, 

### in that SkyWest dispatched orreleased an aircraft which wa.S not airworthy; and
Section 12L709(b)(l), in

### that Sky West operated an aircraft after maintenance with an airworthinessrelease thathad 

### n.qt beenprepared 

### in accordance 

### with the procedures set forth 

### in SkyWest's manuaL

9 2. 10 

### In**ac~rdance** with Sections 46301(a) and (d) ofTitle 49 ofthe United States Code

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### 50 51 52 53 (U.S.C.) (Transportation) [49 U.S.C. Sections 46301(a) and (d)]. SkyWest is liable for a civil
penalty not

## to e:xceed $27,500 for each ofthe violations noted.

3. Under the facts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penalty of$55,000 is appropriate.
WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel,

### ~espectfully requests that the Adniinistrativc



### LawJudge enter 

### an order

### that Sky West be assessed a civil 

### penalty 

### i.n tbe amount of$55,000.

. . . .

Respectfully sU.bmitted this 

### 9th day ofJuly, 2013.

Robert Spitzer 

### FAA Attorney

COMPLAINT FAAv. Sl-..-yWest**Airline~** Inc. FAA CaseNo. 2012NM:060041 PageS of!: Ro:snT SPITZER. FAAAITOID'£Y TEL: (425) 227·1417; FAX: (425) 217-.100707/09/2013 13:53 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 07/09

1 

### ANSWER
2 3 In accordance with

### Section 13.209 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations,**Sky·Wes~** 

### must auswer

·4 this Complaintnot later 

### than tb.irly (30) days from the time 

### it is served on it. Failure 

### to file an 

### s Answer within 

### tbirty (30) days without good cause 

### shall be deemed an admission ofthe truth 

### of 6 each allegation contained in the Complaint [14.C.F.R. 

### § 13.209(±)].

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### CERTIFICATE OF 

## SERVICE
2 3 I hereby certify thatthe foregoing Complainthas been served via facsimile and certified mail4 Return. Receipt Requested 1his date, 

### to the following: · 5 6 7 8 9 10 ·11 12 13 14 15 16 :l7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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26 27 28 29 30. 31 32 33 34. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Federal Aviation Administration (Original and one copy) 800 Independence Avenue SW · Washington, D.C. 20591. Attn: Hearing Docket 

### Clerk, AGC-430 WilburWright Building- 

### Suite 2W1 000 

### Fax:: (202) 493-5142

Todd Emerson, Esq. 

### SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 444 South River Road. St. George, UT 

### 84790 TEL:

. (435) 634-3530 FAX:· (435) 634-3505

Datedthis 9th day ofJuly, 2013.

# ~.----- Office ofRegional Counsel (ANM-7) Federal Aviation Administration. 1601 Lind.Ave. SW Renton. WA 98057 

### (425) 227-2007 PAGE 08/09

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.FAAv. SkyWest Aj;l.ines,**In~;..** FAA Case No. 20l2NM060041 Page 7 of7 Ro:sEP..T SPITZER., FAA**ATIOR~Y** TEL: (4:25) 227-1417; FAX: (425) :227-100707/09/2013 13:53 4252271007

Direct Di.a1: 435.634.3530 Direct**F':~x:** 435.634.3505 e-mail:**jJ:nu:rson@.ls~I;,QJTI**

VlA FEDERAL EXPRESS Federal Aviation Administration ATTN: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGCA30 Wil):n.rr Wright Building-**~~tite** 2Wl 000 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591

Re: Case No. 20l2NM060041
.Dear Sir/Madam: ANM7

July 3, 2013

The Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty inthe above-referen.ced c·ase was received i.n our offi.ce on June 24, 201).
Pursuant 

### to§ l3.16 (e) (2) (ii) ofFederal Avic.l.tion Regulations, SkyWcst Airlines hereby requests a hearing on this matter. 'Sincerely,

Todd C. Emerson Director- Govenm1ent.and Legal Affairs

TCE/jb

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### DATE: .July 9, 201.3 

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## including cover TO: Docket ClerkAGC-430 FROM: 

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VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS 

### Federal Aviation Administration ATTN: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2W1 000 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591
Re: Case No. 2012NM060041


### Dear Sir/Madam: July 3, 2013

# RE**~** 

# r.EtV·ED**o<~·-** " •. I 

## JUL- 52013 HEARING 

## DOCKET

The Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty in the above-referenced case was received in our office on June 24, 2013.

Pursuant to §13.16 (e) (2) (ii) ofFederal Aviation Regulations, SkyWest Airlines hereby requests a hearing on this matter. Sincerely,

Todd C. Emerson Director- Government and Legal Affairs

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cc: Robert Spitzer

444 South River Road /i St. George, Utah 84790 1: Phone 435.634.3000 // www.skywest.com