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December 31, 2014

Exemption No. 11133 Regu latory Docket No. FAA

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Douglas R. Wolfe Quality Manager Flight Inspection Services

6500 S. MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City, Ok 73169

Dear Mr. Wolfe :

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 D ecision

By letter dated October 9, 2014

, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Flight Inspection Services ( FIS )

, for an exemption from § 135.152, Appendix F, parameter No. 5 ( Normal Acceleration, Vertical) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption , if granted, would allow one CL

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air plane to continue to operate without complying with the required flight recorder data sampling rates of 14 CFR § 135.152, Appendix F. While the pe tition requests relief from Appendix F requirements, relief is actually required from 14 CFR § 135.152, which requires compliance with Appendix F. The FAA has considered the petition as requesting relief from

14 CFR § 135.152 requirements.

The FAA has de termined 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 Flight Inspection Services

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Th e FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In G rant of Exemption No

. 11052 (copy e nclosed), the FAA

found that good cause exists to allow time for the airplane manufacturer to complete2

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to the Digital Flight Data Recorder ( DFDR ) system to meet Appendix F requirements, and for the operators to modify their aircraft accordingly. The FAA does not agree with any assertion that flight recorder systems are not safety equipment simply because they do not affect the operation of a given flight. Flight recorder data are often the only evidence of airplane problems available to investigators following aircraft accidents and incidents. Howeve r, because the subject airplane will still be recording flight data and the limitations are known, the FAA agrees that a li mited time to complete the upgrades is appropriate.

The FAA finds that since the problem identified in this petition is a system design issue over which CL604 operators have no control or ability to fix, and that since the deficiency would

be known to acc ident investigators and can be compensated for in any necessary analysis, it is in the public interest to allow continued operation of a limited number of airplanes until the modifications can be incorporated.

The FAA has analyzed the petitioner’s request to operate outside the United States using this exemption to examine any effect on U.S. obligations under international agreements. The FAA finds that even with the exemption, the DFDR system installation on the subject airplanes meets or exceeds the rec order requirements of both Annex 6 of the International Civil Aviation Organization and the regulations of the European Aviation Safety Agency. Accordingly, the petitioner is permitted to operate the listed airplanes outside of the United

States under the conditions and limitations listed in this exemption.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption N o

. 11052 ;

 the reaso ns stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No

. 11052 also apply to the situation you present; and

 for the reasons st ated in Grant of Exemption No

. 11052

, a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the autho rity contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701

, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant F light I nspection S ervices exemption from 14 CFR § 135.152 to the extent necessary to allow the listed air plane to operate without compl ying with the Normal Acceleration (Vertical) data recording rate requirement listed in Appendix F to part 135, subject to the conditions and limitations listed herein.3

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1. This exemption applies on ly to the following air plane while it remains on the p art 135 operations specifications of FIS : CL

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2. This exemption allows for the continued operation of the affected air plane with a DFDR that receives data from the source sensor for the Normal Acceleration (Vertica l) parameter

at a rate of 0.2 rather than the 0.125 as required by 14 CFR Appendix F to P art 135. No other relief from any other parameter requirement or other flight data recorder provision

of 14 CFR p art 135 is granted by this exemption.

3. FIS must establ ish a firm schedule for accomplishment of the modifications required to bring the subject airplane into compliance and submit the schedule to its oversight office. The schedule must include the following :

a. Bombardier service bulletin issued no later than September 30, 201 5 ;

b. FIS’s plan for incorporation of the service bulletin on the subject air plane , to be submitted to its Principal Avionics Inspector or other cognizant oversight office no

later than December 1, 2015. The plan must include a modification date within the term of this exemption for the air plane listed in condition 1 above;

c. Starting December 1, 2015, FIS must provide monthly status reports to its oversight office outlining the completion of the aircraft modifications necessary to bring its aircraft into compliance with the requirements of 14 CFR § 135.152.

4. Noncompliance with any term of these conditions and limitations terminates this exemption witho ut further action by the FAA

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5. Use of this exemption is limited to FIS while the subject a irplane remain s on its p art 135 operations specifications. This exemption may not be transferred to any subsequent operator of the affected airplane. Subsequent operators of the affected airplane must apply for and be granted an exemption in writing befor e such airplane may be operated if the airplane has not been modified to comply with 14 CFR § 135.152

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6. A copy of this exemption must be retained with the operator's DFDR correlation documentation as specified in the applicable provisions of 1 4 CFR § 1 35. 152 until the airplane identified in this exemption has been modified.

7. In the event of an accident or incident after which the DFDR recording media must be removed and retained subject to 14 CFR § 135.152(e), the operator must provide a copy of

this exem ption together with the recording media when submitted

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This exemption terminates on the sooner of the completion of the modification described in this exemption that brings the airpla ne into compliance with 14 CFR § 135.152, or on January 31, 2017 , unless sooner superseded, rescinded or terminated

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Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure Exemption No. 11052