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§ 119.59 

with AMC’s recommendations, to the 
FAA for review and action. 

(c) The Administrator may authorize 

a deviation to perform operations 
under a U.S. military contract under 
the following conditions— 

(1) The Department of Defense cer-

tifies to the Administrator that the op-
eration is essential to the national de-
fense; 

(2) The Department of Defense fur-

ther certifies that the certificate hold-
er cannot perform the operation with-
out deviation authority; 

(3) The certificate holder will per-

form the operation under a contract or 
subcontract for the benefit of a U.S. 
armed service; and 

(4) The Administrator finds that the 

deviation is based on grounds other 
than economic advantage either to the 
certificate holder or to the United 
States. 

(d) In the case where the Adminis-

trator authorizes a deviation under 
this section, the Administrator will 
issue an appropriate amendment to the 
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications. 

(e) The Administrator may, at any 

time, terminate any grant of deviation 
authority issued under this section. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as 
amended by Amdt. 119–16, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 
2012] 

§ 119.57 Obtaining deviation authority 

to perform an emergency operation. 

(a) In emergency conditions, the Ad-

ministrator may authorize deviations 
if— 

(1) Those conditions necessitate the 

transportation of persons or supplies 
for the protection of life or property; 
and 

(2) The Administrator finds that a de-

viation is necessary for the expeditious 
conduct of the operations. 

(b) When the Administrator author-

izes deviations for operations under 
emergency conditions— 

(1) The Administrator will issue an 

appropriate amendment to the certifi-
cate holder’s operations specifications; 
or 

(2) If the nature of the emergency 

does not permit timely amendment of 
the operations specifications— 

(i) The Administrator may authorize 

the deviation orally; and 

(ii) The certificate holder shall pro-

vide documentation describing the na-
ture of the emergency to the respon-
sible Flight Standards office within 24 
hours after completing the operation. 

[Docket No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, 
as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
119–19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 119.59 Conducting tests and inspec-

tions. 

(a) At any time or place, the Admin-

istrator may conduct an inspection or 
test to determine whether a certificate 
holder under this part is complying 
with title 49 of the United States Code, 
applicable regulations, the certificate, 
or the certificate holder’s operations 
specifications. 

(b) The certificate holder must— 
(1) Make available to the Adminis-

trator at the certificate holder’s prin-
cipal base of operations— 

(i) The certificate holder’s Air Car-

rier Certificate or the certificate hold-
er’s Operating Certificate and the cer-
tificate holder’s operations specifica-
tions; and 

(ii) A current listing that will include 

the location and persons responsible 
for each record, document, and report 
required to be kept by the certificate 
holder under title 49 of the United 
States Code applicable to the operation 
of the certificate holder. 

(2) Allow the Administrator to make 

any test or inspection to determine 
compliance respecting any matter stat-
ed in paragraph (a) of this section. 

(c) Each employee of, or person used 

by, the certificate holder who is re-
sponsible for maintaining the certifi-
cate holder’s records must make those 
records available to the Administrator. 

(d) The Administrator may deter-

mine a certificate holder’s continued 
eligibility to hold its certificate and/or 
operations specifications on any 
grounds listed in paragraph (a) of this 
section, or any other appropriate 
grounds. 

(e) Failure by any certificate holder 

to make available to the Administrator 
upon request, the certificate, oper-
ations specifications, or any required 
record, document, or report is grounds 
for suspension of all or any part of the