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Area Code:**816~329~3765** CERTIFIED MAIL RETURNRECEIPT REQUESTED Certified Mail Receipt Nos. 70041350000348928930, 70111150000003371370 & 7011115003371394 May?, 2013 HearingDocket Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2Wl000 Re: (

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### 5.3 Enclosed herewith please find a copy ofa request for a hearing and the original and one copy ofthe Complaint in the above-referenced proceeding. The FAA requests that the hearing in this,matter be held in Clearwater, Florida, and expects that the hearing will last one day. Please address all communications for the FAAto Mark G. Camacho, Federal Aviation Administration, Central Region, ACE-7, Room 506, DOT Building, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106-2641.
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### COMPLAINT
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), bycounsel, hereby files its Complaint, pursuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14 C.P.R. 13.208), and states as follows: I. 1. On March 28, 2012, Respondent A;viation Engineering Consultants, Inc. (AECI)
was advised through a Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the FAAproposedto assess a civil penalty inthe amount of$44,000. On April 22, 2013, Respondent submitted a written request for a hearing. 

## n. 1. On or about December 23,2010, AECI shipped eight elevator center hinge fittings, part number 80-393103-405, and eight elevator outboard hinge fittings, part number 80- 393103-407, to Avantair, Inc. 2. On or about October 14, 2011, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), while conducting an inspection ofthe AvantairRepairStatioi'i; discovered that four oftheparts
I , described inparagraph 1 above (two elevator center hinge fittings, part numbr 80-393103- 405AEC, and two elevator outboard hinge fittings, part number 80-393103-407AEC) were installed on a Piaggo P-180 aircraft, Civil Aircraft·'N134SL. 3. The parts described inparagraph 2 above were marked "FAA-PMA." However, the FAA had not granted Parts ManufactUrer Approval (PMA) to Aviation Engineering Consultants, Inc. to produce those parts.-··**··--··--·-···---·------·--------------------~**

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III. 1. Byreason ofthe foregoing!facts and circumstances, Respondentviolated Section 21.303(a) ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, which provides that, except as provided in paragraph (b) ofthis section, no person may produce a modification orreplacement part for sale for installation on a type certificated product unless it is produced pursuant to a Parts · ManufacturerApproval issued under this subpart [Title 14 ofthe Code ofFedderal Regulations (CFR), Section 21.303(a)]. 2. Pursuantto Title 49 U.S.C. 46301, Respondent is subject 

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### acivil penalty not to exceed $11,000 for each ofthe violations alleged. 3. Underthe facts and circumstances ofthis ca:se, a civil penalty of$44,000 is appropriate. ,J WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter 

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Dated this 7th day ofMay, 2013. Respectfully submitted,

· A. Lester Haizlip

Regional Counsel By:

Mark G. Camacho Attorney for Complainant

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Answer Section 13.209(a) ofthe Rules ofPractice in FAA Civil Penalty Proceedings states, "A respondent shall file a written answer to the complaint, or may flle a written motion pursuant to Section 13.208(d) or Section 13.218(f)(l-4) instead of:filing an answer, notlaterthan 30 days after service ofthe complaint. Section 13 .209(f) states, "A person's failure to file ari**~nswer** without good cause shall be deemed.an admission ofthe truth ofeach allegation corttirined in the complaint. 3

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### in the United States mail, certified, return receipt requested, the original and one copy, addressed to: Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Glerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building, Rpom2014 ( ' : '• t



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### (. Dear Sir/Mdm.: Please accept this correspondence as my client, Aviation Engineering Consultants Inc. ("AEC"), formal written request for a hearing in the above-referenced matter. )·· ·. AEC denies the allegations in the FAA's final notice of proposed civil penalty and requests that a hearing in this matter be scheduled in ClearWater, Florida. Should that location be unavailable, we would request that the hearing .be conducted in Tampa, Florida or in Atlanta, Georgia. AEC asserts that it did not willfully violate the provisions of 14 CFR 21. 303(a) in that the company did notsell the parts alleged in the administrators final order nor intentionally place these parts in the**~tream** 

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### Accordingly, AEC requests that the administrators order be dismissed or in the alternative that AEC be allowed to present evidence in mitigation ofthe Administrator's allegations contained in their Final Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty dated April 08, 2013 (attached). 

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### Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter. Please direct all further correspondence and pleadings in this matterto the undersigned as counsel for Aviation Engineering Consultants Inc. I hereby certify that I have served a true and correct copy ofthe above upon Mark Camacho, Esquire as senior enforcement attorney for the 

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