The FAA proposed a $15,744,352.50 civil penalty against Aery Aviation on Monday for operating unairworthy Learjets.
The administration states the company added banner- and target-tow operation equipment to multiple Learjets without performing the required maintenance or maintaining the required documentation. Aery was also required to document that maintenance personnel had approved the aircraft for return to service following the installations.
The installed equipment would place the aircraft in a restricted category and they could not be flown in densely populated airways or near passenger airports without an FAA waiver. Aery allegedly failed to obtain restricted-category airworthiness certificates and a waiver for target-tow operations. 431 flights were done without the certificates and 945 flights were done with target-tow equipment installed between July 2021 and April 2022. The majority of those flights took place near the Newport-News Williamsburg Airport (PHF) which has a heavily populated airspace and extensive passenger operations.
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The FAA states the company endangered the lives and property of others and that it has 30 days after receiving the FAA’s enforcement letter to respond.
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