AFS-12-290-E June 14, 2012

Exemption No. 10560 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0364

Mr. Darryl J. Bates

Director of Maintenance Air Evac EMS, Inc.

720 Bratton Ave. West Plains, MO 65775

Dear Mr. Bates:

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 February 27, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Air Evac EMS, Inc. (Air Evac Lifeteam) for an exemption from §§ 91.411(b) and 91.413(c) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulati ons (14 CFR). That exemption, if granted, would allow Air Evac Lifeteam to perform air traffic control (ATC) transponder tests and inspections and altimeter system and altimeter reporting equipment tests and inspections for its part 135 aircraft maintained under a continuous airworthiness maintenance program (CAMP). The exemption would also allow Air Evac Lifeteam to perform similar tests and inspections on its part 135 aircraft maintained under an approved aircraft inspection program (AAIP).

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 petition would be detrimental Air Evac Lifeteam.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 7770 (copy enclosed), the FAA2

found the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed exemption also apply to the situation you present.

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. 7770;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 7770 also apply to the situation you present; and

 for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption No. 7770, a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Air Evac EMS, Inc. an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 91.411(b) and 91.413(c) to the extent necessary to allow Air Evac Lifeteam to perform ATC transponder tests and inspections and altimeter system and altimeter reporting equipment tests and inspections for its part 135 aircraft maintained under a CAMP. Air Evac Lifeteam is also granted relief to perform similar tests and inspection on its part 135 aircraft maintained under an AAIP. This exemption is subject to the conditions and limitations

described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. All ATC transponder tests and inspections and all altimeter reporting equipment tests and inspections must be conducted under Air Evac Lifeteam’s part 135 CAMP or 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 entry must identify the person, the date, and this exemption number.3

3. An appropriate record of these tests and inspections also must be kept in Air Evac Lifeteam’s maintenance recording system for part 135.

This exemption terminates on June 30, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Melvin Cintron Acting Director, Flight Standards

Service

Enclosure