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## 2 3 2014 Office ofthe Regional Counsel



### t:ERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Federal Aviation Administration 

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### . P.O. Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 Telephone: (310) 725-7112 Facsimile: (31 0) n:;-6&16



### IRe: In the Matter ofAm.edcan Medflight, Inc.; Case No. 2014WPllOO!O Enclosed is a copy ofa request for hearing dated October 22, 2014, and 

### the original and one

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### ofthe Complaint in the above-referenced proceeding. ; request that the hearing in this matterbe held in the Reno, Nevada area, and expect that the hearing 

### will last one (I) 

### day. 141002



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### (310)725-6816. :)incerely, Naomi Tsuda Regional Colillsel " 

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### following page(s): To: Hearing00t'!ket 

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### Attention: lles.ringDocket Clerk, AGC-430 Ji'AX: 

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### NaomiTsuda, E5q. 

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### From: M:i<:hael L. Dworkin 

### Total Number ofPagcs: 6 (includingthis cover page) Date; Ootober 

### 22., 2014 Re: 

### Americiiil 

### Medflight, Inc. 

### FAACaseNo. 2014WP110010 

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### VIA FEDEXANDFAX: Hearing Docket Federal AviatioA 

### Administration 600 Independence Avenue, S.W. Wilbur WrightBuilding, Suite 2Wl000 Washington, 

### D.C. 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket

### Clerk, AGC-430 

### (FAX: 1-202-493-5142) NaomiTsuda, Esq. Regional Counsel, 

### AWP"7 Federal Aviation Administration Western-Pacific Region P0Box92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009 

### (FAX: 1-310-725-6816) Re: 

### American 

### M:edmght, Inc. FAA Case No. 2014WP110010 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: Ootober 22,2014



### Under separate coveryou haveprobably already receivedAmerican Medflight, Inc.'s Requestfor Hearing (copy attached). This office will be representing AmericanMedflight 

### in this matter, 

### and as such, it 

### is requested that all future commmrications and 

### correspondence 

### be addressedto this office. A copy of the FAA's FinalNotice ofProposed Civil Penalty, dated October 7, 2014 is attached hereto. We request thatthe hearing be scheduled for Reno, Nevada after the filing of the requisite pleadings and completi.on ofanticipated discovery.

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### Hearing Docl<et Re: American Medflight, Inc., FAA

**Ca~e** 

### NO. 

### 2014WP11010 October 22,2014 l!"a.ge 

### 2 of

### 2 

### Respectfully submitted, Y""" J _ _.,. 

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October 20, 2014 Federal Aviation Administration 600 lndepende!'lce Avenue, SW Wilbur Wright Bullding, Suite 2W1 000 Washington, DC 20591 .PITN: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

### To Whom it May Concern: f\merican Medflight hereby requests a heating In regards to Case Numbe.r 2014WP1100i0.

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## OCT 0 7 Z014 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN

### RECEIPT REQUESTED AND FIRST CLASS MAIL President, AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. Attn: 1ob.n

**Bumte~** Vice Presideut P. 0. BOX 10l66 RENO, NV 89510 FJNA.L NOTICE OF PBO:POSED CIVIL PENALTY OnAugust 15,2014, American Medtlight, Inc., was advised throngh a Notice ofProposed Civil PenaltythattheFederal AviationAdministration (f M)proposed to assess a

**·~ivil** penalty inthe amount of$11,000.00. Taking into consideration all matters presented, lncluding American Medflight's reoly to the Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty dated S"Ptember 5, 2014, a report ofinvestigation illdicatos that:

90/S0 3917d l. At all relevanttimes, AMERICAN MBDFLIOHT, INC. 

### is the holderof Air Carrier CertificateNo. XPCASOOS, authorizW.g itto operate as an air carrier on demand underTitle 14, CodeofFederal Regulations, part 135. 2. On or about F'ebrua.ry 11, 2014, at approximately 9:00a.m. local time, AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, INC. operated a Piper model PA-31-T aircraft, civil registration no. 

### N774:MF on a passengeregnying flight under part 135 from Susanville Municipal Allport, Susanville, CA (SVE). 3. The above flight de:parted SVE undervisual flight ;ules (VFR). 4. At 1he time ofthe flight, the ceiling was under 1,000 feet, and the flight visibility waslessthan 2 miles. 5. The operationdescribed above wasCill'eless orreckless so as to endangerthe life or property ofanother. 

### :Sy J:t'la!IOn ofthe foregoing facts

**a~d** circumstances, AMERICAN MBDFLIGHT, rNC. violatedthe following sections of!heFederal Aviation Regulations (Title 14 Cod,, of Federal Regulations); a 135.205(a), which mates that no person may operate an airpl!llle unc!er VFR inuncontrolled airspace when the ceiling is less than 1,000 feet unless flight visibility is at least 2 miles; and b. 91.13(a), which states thatno verson may operate an aircraft ln a careless or r"ckless tmum.et so as to endanger the life 

### orproperty ofanother.

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### ON\7

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2 Dn.d.er Title 49 U.S.C., Section 4630l(a)(2), AMERICAN MBDPLlGBT. INC. is sllbject to a civil penalty no• to e11ceed $11,000.00 for each of the violations noted. 

### By reason ofthe foregoing 

### facts and circumstances, 

### we ptopose 

### to assess a civil penalty in the 

### amount of $11,000.00. Unless a request, in writing, for a hearing in this matter ismailed orpersonalJy delivered, on or before 15 days after you receivethis FinalNotice, we will iss-ue an Order Assessing Civil Penalty and 

### will have no further righL to a hearing. lfa written requ.;st for a hearing is not 

### received, 

### AMERtCAN MEDFLIG-HT, 

### INC. must pay

### the proposed civil penalty. Yom req1.1est for a hearing must be sentto' (1) For U.S. mail or certified mail -Federal Aviation Administration, SOO Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 2059!. Attention: Hearing Docket

**Cle~'o.,** AGC"430, WilburWright Building-Room 2Wl000; (2) 

### for c:orrunercia.l expedited: courier (overnight

### mail}- Federal Aviation Administration, 

### 600 Independence Avenue, 

### SW., Wilbur Wright

### Building, Suite 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591, Attention; Hearing DocketClerk, AGC-430; (3) a copy 

### MUST be sent to fr.e undersigned FAA attorney inthe Office ofthe Regional Counsel, P.O. Box 92007,

**~os** Angeles, CA 90009-2007, (310) 725-7100. Y<Jur requestmustbe dated and signed, in accordance with Section 13.16 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulation$, sent to you with the Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty (14 C.P.R. 13.16). You may pay fhe proposed Jil"nalty by submitting a certified check ormoney order payable 

### to the "Federal Aviation Administratioll," to 

### FAAIMMAC, AMK-322, PO Box 25770, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Inthe alternative, you may 

### payyour civil penalty with a credit card overthe Internet. To pay electronically, visitthe web site athttp://www.pa.y.gov. Under the "Search Public Forms" option located 

### onthe left side ofthepage, type 

### FWl'-FINEl andpress 

### "Go." 

### OnThe page entitled "S"aroh 

### Public Forms," scrollto thebottom ofthepage and enter "Nextl>age." Click on "FAA Civll 

### Penalty Payments -Western .,Pacific

**Regit~n,"** follow thepromptsto vomplete the rc:q11ested infonnation 

### and click 

### "submit'' to pay 

### b-y creditcard. ?lease advise me ofthe date ofanypaymentmade overthe tntemet. 

### Naomi Tsuda Regional Counsd Forthe Westem-'f'acificRegion
Attorney ceo 

### A Wl'-240/RNO

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### U.S. 

### DEPARTMENT OJ? TRANSPORTATION

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION II

### n the Matter of: 

### FAA DOCKET American Medflight, Inc. 

### FAA CASE NO. 2014WP110010 Respondent 

### .TUDGE NOT ASSIGNED COMPLAINT 141009



### The Complainan.t files its Complaint, pursuantto Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14

. . 

### C.P.R. 13.208), and states as follows: I. 

### Respondent, American Medtlight, Inc. was advised through a Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty and Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penaltythatthe FAAproposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount of$11,000.00. On October 22,2014, Respondent, thmugh

**it~** 

### attomey,

**~'ubmitted** 

### a written request for a hearing. 

### II. 1. 

### At all relevant times, Respondent is 1he holder ofAir Carrier Certificate No. XPCA800S, authorizing 

### .it to operate as an air carrier on demand under Title 14, Code ofFederal Regulations, part 135.10/23/2014 11:37 FAX 3107256816 AWP-7 ljj] 010


### -2- 2_ On or about Febmary 11,2014, at approximately 9:00 a_m_ local time, R<espondent operated a Piper model PA-31-T aircraft, civil registration no. N774Mf on a passenger carrying flight under part l35 

### from Susanville Municipal Airport, Susanville, CA (SVE). 3. The above flight departed SVE under visual flight rules (VFR). 4_ At the time ofthe flight, the ceiling was under 1,000 feet, and the flight visibility was less than 2 miles. 5. The operation described above was careless or reckless so as to endanger the life or property ofanother. 

### IlL Byreasou ofthe foregoing facts aud circumstances, Respondent violated the Jollowing Sections ofthe federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14, Code ofFederal Regulations): a. 13 5.205(a), which states that no person may operate an airplane under VFR in uncontrolled airspace when the ceiling is less than 1,000 feet unless flight visibility is at least2 miles; and b. 91.13(a), which states that no personmay operate an aircraft in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life orproperty ofanother.10/23/2014 11:37

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### IV. 1. Pursuant to Title 49 U.S.C. Section 4630l(al(2), Respondent is 

### subject to a civil penal!y not to exceed $11,000.00 for each ofthe: violations alleged. 

### 2. Under the facts and circnmstances ofthis case, a 

### civi.l penalty of$1 

### l .000.00 is appropriate. WHEREFORE, the Complainant, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of$11.000.00. YZespectfLtlly submitted,



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### ederal Aviation Administration ·western-Pacific Region ")ATED: 

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I 

### hereby certify that on this 

### date I have sentby 

### facsimile and placed in the 

### United States maiL postage prepaid, certi:tled mail-return receipt requested, the executed original ofthe 

### Complaint, addressed as follows: Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591 Ann: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2W!OOO Facsimile: 202-493-5142 

### I hereby certifythat on this date I have sent by facsimile and placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified mail-return receiptrequested, a true copy ofthe Complaint, a.ddressed as follows: Michael L. 

### Dworkin, Esq. 465 California Street, Suite 

### 210 San Francisco, CA 94104-1808 Facsimile: 415-421-2560 Dated: 

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