On January 12, 2026, Inspector Owen E. Maddox III, Aviation Safety Inspector, Fresno FSDO-17 confirmed our complaint was received and assigned project number T-WP17-FY26-0397. Since then: nothing. No Part 13 opening. No cease-and-desist. No waiver production. No operator identification.
Silence is only cheap when nobody's counting. This page is a permanent, hashed, publicly-cited counter aimed directly at Fresno FSDO-17, the FAA Western-Pacific Region administrator, the Kern County Board of Supervisors, and the offices of the U.S. Senators and Representative for California's 20th & 22nd districts. Each share, press mention, and legislative forward is logged as a new demand event — resetting the political cost of continued non-response to zero.
| # | Demand | Statutory basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Cease-and-desist to KCSO on sub-1,000 ft non-emergency ops | 14 CFR § 91.119(b) — congested-area 1,000 ft floor | UNANSWERED |
| II | Open formal Part 13 investigation | 14 CFR Part 13 — Investigative and Enforcement Procedures | UNANSWERED |
| III | Apply the U.S. v. Francis physiological-integrity standard equally to Oildale residents | 18 U.S.C. § 39A (laser) ↔ Equal Protection, 14th Amendment | UNANSWERED |
This email is in response to your inquiry on January 12, 2026, regarding your demand for enforcement action. Our findings indicate that further action may be warranted, and we will investigate. If you have any additional information, please contact this office as soon as possible. Thank you for your concern and cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Owen E. Maddox III Aviation Safety Inspector Federal Aviation Administration Fresno FSDO-17 Project Number: T-WP17-FY26-0397
"Findings indicate further action may be warranted, and we will investigate." That sentence is 184 days old. No investigative findings, no waiver production, no operator identification, and no cease-and-desist have been issued in the interim.
Six months of non-response is not a backlog — it is a decision. The clock makes that decision visible to every reader, journalist, and legislator who lands on the page.
Every share, press quote, and forwarded email is a new formal notice. The FAA cannot claim the demand has "gone stale" while the counter is still ticking in public.
Documented, dated, hash-anchored notice is a prerequisite for the FTCA action referenced in Section V of our original demand. This page is that record.
Every event on the T-WP17-FY26-0397 record, in the order it happened.
Five-count demand filed with FAA Fresno FSDO-17 covering §91.119(b) violations, H/V envelope hovers, ADS-B integrity, and Part 13 opening.
Inspector Owen E. Maddox III assigns project number T-WP17-FY26-0397. "Our findings indicate that further action may be warranted, and we will investigate."
No substantive reply, no Part 13 opening, no cease-and-desist, no operator identification produced.
Public clock continues. Every share, press mention, and legislative forward is logged as a new formal notice.
Facts on this page. The acknowledgment date (Jan 12 2026), project number (T-WP17-FY26-0397), inspector name, and FSDO office are quoted verbatim from an official FAA email of record. The five open demands are the exact demands in our original filing, unmodified.
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All underlying detections are drawn from public FAA ADS-B broadcasts and independently verifiable by any member of the public.