AFS-10-279-E

August 25, 2010

Exem ption No. 10119 Regul atory 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 y our request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the con ditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated May 11, 2010 you petitioned the Fed eral Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) for an e xtension 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) rath er than completing the required 100-hour inspection.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for n ot publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register

because the requested exemption would not set a pr ecedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detriment al to Cessna.

Although you requested an extension of Exemption No . 6901 (copy enclosed), that exemption has since expired. Therefore, we are issuing Cessn a a new exemption.2

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exem ption, 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 encl osed 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 an d 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 Car avan I (C-208), and 208B Caravan I (C-208B) airplanes to use Cessna’s P haseCard IP rather than completing the required 100-hour inspection, subject to the condit ions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. No person may maintain an aircraft under this exemp tion 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, 1 997, letter from the Wichita Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) to Cessna on th e 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 th at the aircraft is being maintained under the terms of this exemption and a copy of thi s exemption is retained with the aircraft logbook while the aircraft is maintained u nder the terms of this exemption.

3. If an aircraft is no longer maintained under the te rms of this exemption, the owner or operator must enter that fact in the aircraft lo gbook.

4. Use of this exemption is limited to aircraft that m eet 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.3

6. An aircraft maintained under the terms of this exem ption 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, unles s sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Lawrence Fields Acting Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure