AFS-10-279-E 

August 25, 2010 

 Exemption No. 10119 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-8741 

Mr. Curtis Potucek 

Customer Service Engineer 

Cessna Aircraft Company 

P.O. Box 7706 

Wichita, KS 67277-7706 

Dear Mr. Potucek: 

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 May 11, 2010 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) for an extension of Exemption No. 6901, as 

previously amended. That exemption from § 91.409(b) of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) allows owners and operators of Cessna Models 172R (C-172), 172S 

(C-172S), 182S (C-182S), 208 Caravan I (C-208), and 208B Caravan I (C-208B) airplanes to 

use Cessna’s PhaseCard Inspection Program (IP) rather than completing the required 100-hour 

inspection. 

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 Cessna. 

Although you requested an extension of Exemption No. 6901 (copy enclosed), that exemption 

has since expired. Therefore, we are issuing Cessna a new exemption. 
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Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that— 

• they do not differ materially from those presented in your original petition leading to the 

enclosed grant of exemption; 

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed exemption continue to apply to 

this situation; and 

• 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 Cessna Aircraft Company an exemption from 

14 CFR § 91.409(b) to the extent necessary to allow owners and operators of Cessna Models 

172R (C-172), 172S (C-172S), 182S (C-182S), 208 Caravan I (C-208), and 

208B Caravan I (C-208B) airplanes to use Cessna’s PhaseCard IP rather than completing the 

required 100-hour inspection, subject to the conditions and limitations described below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. No person may maintain an aircraft under this exemption unless the appropriate 

Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) has been: 

a. Notified by the owner or operator that the aircraft will be maintained under the 

terms of this exemption. (A copy of the July 22, 1997, letter from the Wichita 

Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) to Cessna on the Model 172R PhaseCard 

IP need not be provided by an owner or operator to the FSDO with this 

notification.) 

b. Notified by the owner or operator when the aircraft will no longer be 

maintained under the terms of this exemption. 

2. No person may maintain an aircraft under the terms of this exemption unless an 

entry is made in the aircraft logbook indicating that the aircraft is being maintained 

under the terms of this exemption and a copy of this exemption is retained with the 

aircraft logbook while the aircraft is maintained under the terms of this exemption. 

3. If an aircraft is no longer maintained under the terms of this exemption, the owner 

or operator must enter that fact in the aircraft logbook. 

4. Use of this exemption is limited to aircraft that meet the utilization hour 

requirements specified in the PhaseCard IP. 

5. An owner or operator maintaining an aircraft under this exemption must annually 

inform the appropriate FSDO of the time in service of the aircraft. 
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6. An aircraft maintained under the terms of this exemption may not be operated 

under 14 CFR part 135. 

7. Changes to the PhaseCard IP may not be used as the basis for maintaining an 

aircraft under this exemption until approved by the Wichita ACO. 

This exemption terminates on August 31, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Lawrence Fields 

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service 

Enclosure