AFS-13-424-E

September 11, 2013

 Exemption No. 8662D

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2005-22733

Mr. William E. Cummins

Assistant Chief Inspector

NetJets Aviation, Inc.

4111 Bridgeway Avenue

Columbus, OH 43219

Dear Mr. Cummins:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 8662, 

as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated June 13, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of NetJets Aviation, Inc. (NetJets), for an extension of Exemption No. 8662, as 

amended. That exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) allows NetJets to temporarily operate U.S.-registered aircraft in 

domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness certificates on board.

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 NetJets.
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8662, 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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, I grant your petition. All conditions and limitations of 

Exemption No. 8662, as amended, remain the same. 

Conditions and Limitations

1. NetJets must apply for and receive from the FAA Flight Standards District Office 

(FSDO) responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations 

specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption. 

2. NetJets must develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation 

of its aircraft through use of an appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook when the 

airworthiness certificate or registration certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensure 

that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate; and provide 

for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a 

replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This 

program must be FAA-approved, and instructions for its use shall be included in 

NetJets’s air carrier manual as required by 14 CFR § 135.23.

3. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 2 above will contain:

(a) A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

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

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

airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. ____ for a 

period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal holidays, 

following the start of the next business day, beginning: 

TIME: _____ DATE:_____ 20__”

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

paragraph shall be affixed to this statement;

(b) An identification of the designated person(s) within NetJets’s maintenance 

organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3(a) and 

the method or methods wherein the documents required under paragraph 5 

below will be transmitted to the affected aircraft;

(c) An arrangement whereby those persons within NetJets’s organization 

responsible for certificates of airworthiness and registration would maintain a 

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

that may be affected by the exemption. These data must be made readily 
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available to that element within NetJets’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 NetJets would be 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); and 

(e) Procedures that would describe specific duties and responsibilities by job title. 

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by NetJets only for temporary 

replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that is current and in effect and would 

only apply to U.S.-registered aircraft listed in NetJets’s FAA-approved operations 

specifications.

5. A copy of the grant of exemption and a copy of the operations specifications 

authorizing its use would be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the 

privileges of the exemption.

6. The privileges of the exemption would only be exercised when the affected aircraft is 

operated totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United States. 

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8662, as amended, to 

November 30, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service