[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5601-5603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2588]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-66]
Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received;
Dispositions of Petitions Issued
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions
of prior petitions.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the
application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14
CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions
seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation
Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions
previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of
FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the
inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to
affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket
number involved and must be received on or before February 23, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket
(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ________, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20591.
Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet
address: [email protected].
The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 or
Angela Anderson (202) 267-9681 Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591.
This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g)
of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR
Part 11).
Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: 28824.
Petitioner: Triad International Maintenance Corporation.
Regulations Affected: 25.807(c)(1).
Description of Petition: To exempt TIMCO from the requirements of
14 CFR 25.807(c)(1) to permit the deactivation of the R-1 passenger
emergency exit of a Boeing 767-200 Freighter aircraft.
Docket No.: 29096.
Petitioner: Guam Institute of Aviation Technology.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 147.31(c)(1).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to credit a
student with instruction or previous experience that was not completed
at an accredited university, college, or junior college, an accredited
vocational, technical, trade, or high school; a military technical
school; or a certificated aviation maintenance technical school.
Docket No.: 29075.
Petitioner: Mercy Medical Center Redding.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.213(a).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to conduct
fixed-wing emergency medical system departures under instrument flight
rules in weather that is at or above visual flight rules minimums from
airports at which a weather report is not available from the U.S.
National Weather Service (NWS), a source approved by the NWS, or a
source approved by the FAA Administrator.
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Docket No.: 29051.
Petitioner: AOPA Air Safety Foundation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(a)(2)(iii).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit graduates of Federal
Aviation Administration approved flight instructor refresher courses to
renew their flight instructor certificates more than 90 days before
their expiration month.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 29046.
Petitioner: Hiller Aircraft Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.65.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
obtain a Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate without meeting the
United States citizenship requirements. GRANT, January 15, 1998,
Exemption No. 6717.
Docket No.: 29058.
Petitioner: John Leo Heverling.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to
meet recent instrument experience requirements in certain Beechcraft
airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place
of functioning dual controls. GRANT, January 15, 1998, Exemption No.
6719.
Docket No.: 29011.
Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii),
121.441(a) (1) and (b)(1), and appendix F.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to conduct an FAA-monitored training program under which Atlantic Coast
Airlines pilots in command and seconds in command meet ground and
flight recurrent training and proficiency check requirements through a
single visit training program. GRANT, January 15, 1998, Exemption No.
5783D.
Docket No.: 29076.
Petitioner: Million Air.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its Hawker aircraft (Registration No. N745TS, Serial No.
NA.745) without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. GRANT,
January 15, 1998, Exemption No. 6718.
Docket No.: 27122.
Petitioner: Air Tractor, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.31(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Tractor and
pilots of Air Tractor AT-802 and AT-802A airplanes to operate those
airplanes without holding a type rating, although the maximum gross
weight of the airplanes exceeds 12,500 pounds. GRANT, January 15, 1998,
Exemption No. 5651D.
Docket No.: 27052.
Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its Bell Model 206L-1 helicopters (Registration Nos. N2761X,
N5005B, N50182, and N50046, and Serial Nos. 45283, 45175, 45242, and
45173, respectively) without having a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder
installed on those aircraft. GRANT, January 15, 1998, Exemption No.
5586B.
Docket No.: 28964.
Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to obtain export airworthiness approvals for parts that were
manufactured or located outside of the United States. GRANT, December
31, 1998, Exemption No. 6720.
Docket No.: 29059.
Petitioner: Trans West Air Services, Inc.,
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its Aerospatiale SA-365N2 Dauphin helicopter (Registration
No. N886TW, Serial No. 6413) without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder
installed. GRANT, January 6, 1998, Exemption No. 6716.
Docket No.: 26669.
Petitioner: Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit up to three
dependents of Evergreen employees, who are accompanied by an employee
sponsor traveling on official business only and are trained and
qualified in the operation of emergency equipment on Evergreen's Boeing
747 cargo aircraft, to be added to the list of persons specified in 14
CFR 121.583(a)(8) that Evergreen is authorized to transport without
complying with certain passenger-carrying airplane requirements of part
121. GRANT, January 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6443A.
Docket No.: 28115.
Petitioner: Aero Flight Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S)
transponder installed in those aircraft. GRANT, January 21, 1998,
Exemption No. 6084A.
Docket No.: 28103.
Petitioner: Silverhawk Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S)
transponder installed. GRANT, January 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6065A.
Docket No.: 28496.
Petitioner: Bohle International Airways.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its Rockwell Turbo Commander 681 airplane (Registration No.
N113CT, Serial No. 6006) without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder
installed. GRANT, January 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6454A.
Docket No.: 28455.
Petitioner: Sound Flight, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to conduct operations under visual flight rules outside controlled
airspace at an altitude below 500 feet above ground level. GRANT,
January 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6428A.
Docket No.: 28092.
Petitioner: B2W Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a TSO-
C112 transponder installed. GRANT, January 21, 1998, Exemption No.
6083A.
Docket No.: 28170.
Petitioner: Simulator Training, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2) and (3), and
(b)(2); 121.413(b), (c), and (d) and appendix H.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain pilot
and flight engineer instructors employed by the petitioner and listed
in an air carrier certificate holder's approved training program to act
as simulator instructors for an air carrier certificate holder under
part 121 without those instructors
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having received ground and flight training in accordance with a
training program approved under subpart N of part 121. GRANT, January
16, 1998, Exemption No. 6721.
Docket No.: 137CE.
Petitioner: Air Tractor, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.3(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner,
a normal category airplane, to exceed the 12,500 pound limitation for
this category of airplane. DENIAL, December 31, 1998, Exemption No.
6715.
Docket No.: 29085.
Petitioner: ACM Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.263(a) and 135.267(b),
(c), and (d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to assign its flight crewmembers and allow its flight crewmembers to
accept a flight assignment of up to 16 hours of flight time during a
24-hour period, for the purpose of conducting international operations.
DENIAL, January 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6722.
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