William F. Brown, Jr. v. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration

Petitioner William F. Brown seeks review of an order of the National Transportation Safety Board (Board), which dismissed as untimely his appeal of an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision suspending his private pilot’s license. We agree that the appeal was untimely filed, and finding nothing unlawful in the Board’s appeal procedures or their application in this case, affirm the dismissal.

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On September 26, 1984, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an order suspending Brown’s pilot’s certificate for 120 days for violation of 14 C.F.R. §§ 91.9 &…