Opinion ID: 664137
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Flight Ceiling

Text: 11 We cannot reach Petitioner's first argument because he did not raise the claim below. Under the code, No objection to an order of the Board or Secretary of Transportation shall be considered by the court unless such objection shall have been urged before the Board or Secretary of Transportation or, if it was not so urged, unless there were reasonable grounds for failure to do so. 49 U.S.C.App. Sec. 1486(e). In the proceeding appealed from, Petitioner did not challenge the evidence presented to establish that flight conditions were below 1000 feet/three miles. 5 Neither does he offer any grounds for failure to propound this argument before the Board. Because Petitioner failed either to raise this issue in the NTSB proceeding or to justify that forbearance, he has defaulted on this argument, and we are deprived of jurisdiction to address this claim. See Reid v. Engen, 765 F.2d 1457, 1462 (9th Cir.1985).