AFS-15-1153-E 

May 8, 2015 

 Exemption No. 11498 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-8762 

Ms. Stacey Bechdolt 

Vice President, Safety & Operations 

Regional Airline Association 

2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036 

Dear Ms. Bechdolt: 

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 March 24, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an exemption from § 91.203 of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow RAA-member airlines 

to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without 

the airworthiness certificate or certificate of aircraft registration, or both, onboard the aircraft. 

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 to RAA. 

Although you requested an extension of Exemption 10248, as amended, that exemption 

expired on April 30, 2015. Therefore, we are issuing RAA a new exemption. 

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. 5515 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that the loss of aircraft registration and/or airworthiness certificates presents a unique 
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a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

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

 “This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or 

airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. 11498 

for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal Holidays, 

beginning: 

Time:_____ Date:_______ 20_____” 

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

paragraph 3(b) shall be affixed to this statement. 

b. Identification of the designated person or persons by name, including job titles 

and responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance organization authorized 

to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3(a) above, and the methods by 

which the records identified in paragraph 3(c) will be transmitted to the 

affected aircraft. 

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within the air carrier’s organization 

responsible for certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a 

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet 

which may be affected by this exemption. This data must be made readily 

available to that element within the air carrier’s maintenance organization 

identified in paragraph 3(b) and must be kept current at all times. 

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

responsibility for that air carrier is immediately notified of a missing or 

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

replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a 

duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate). 

 

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by an RAA member airline for 

temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registration and/or airworthiness 

certificate which is current and in effect and only applies to U.S.-registered aircraft 

listed in the air carrier’s FAA-approved operations specifications. 

5. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing 

its use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this 

exemption.