{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-302.409","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 302.409","heading":"Default.","body":"Failure of a respondent to file and serve an answer within the time and in the manner prescribed by § 302.408 shall be deemed to authorize the DOT decisionmaker or administrative law judge, as a matter of discretion, to find the facts alleged in the complaint incorporated in or accompanying the notice instituting a formal enforcement proceeding to be true and to enter such orders as may be appropriate without notice or hearing, or, as a matter of discretion, to proceed to take proof, without notice, of the allegations or charges set forth in the complaint or order; Provided, that the DOT decisionmaker or administrative law judge may permit late filing of an answer for good cause shown.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER II—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)","SUBCHAPTER B—PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS","PART 302—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS","Subpart D—Rules Applicable to Enforcement Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"b7651aacc9f8a470744fbe86894eb81c85bdc5cb30a182a536bac79065584fd5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-302.408","next":"us/14-cfr-302.410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}