UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1324

KENNETH L. BLUM, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Robert A. Sturgell, Acting Administrator; NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, Respondents.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the National Transportation Safety Board. (SE-18012)

Submitted: May 18, 2009 Decided: June 10, 2009

Before MOTZ, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jay Fred Cohen, Baltimore, Maryland, for Petitioner. James F.

Conneely, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Kenneth L. Blum petitions for review of the National Transportation Safety Board’s decision and order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s order affirming the suspension of Blum’s pilot certificate. Our review of the record discloses that the Board’s decision is based upon substantial evidence and is without reversible error. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. Sturgell v. Blum, Docket SE-18012, Order No. EA-5371 (NTSB March 5, 2008).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED