CORPORATE JETS INC
Also recorded as: CORPORATE JETS INC
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
11 records, spanning 1983–2006.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS INC (per NTSB report)
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from objects while hovering in ground effect, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree. Factors associated with the accident were loose, sand-covered terrain, and the operator's failure to ensure that the pilot was provided with current, off-airport landing site condition information.
Operated by Corporate Jets, Inc. (per NTSB report)
the pilot's failure to maintain tail rotor clearance during a right pedal turn while hovering.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS INC — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: (per NTSB report)
Insufficient lubrication within the tail rotor gearbox, which resulted in the seizure of the duplex ball bearing and a fixed pitch setting of the tail rotor. Also causal, was the pilot's loss of control, which was the result of a relative low speed/high power combination during a go-around attempt. A factor was the manufacturer's lack of procedures for fixed tail rotor pitch settings.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS, INC. (per NTSB report)
The mechanics failure to comply with manufacturers instructions for correction of a illuminated main rotor gearbox oil pressure warning light resulting in the helicopter being dispatched on a ferry flight with a failed main rotor gearbox oil pump, failure of the main rotor gearbox combining gearbox gears due to oil starvation, loss of main rotor RPM, and the helicopter colliding with trees and the ground during an uncontrolled descent.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS, INC. (per NTSB report)
The malfunction of a cyclic servo which resulted in a cyclic hard over at a hover.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS, INC. (per NTSB report)
the manufacturer's inadequate quality control which led to a fatigue failure of the tail rotor blade.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS INC. (per NTSB report)
A FATIGUE FAILURE OF A FUEL SYSTEM LINE FITTING DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.
Operated by CORPORATE JETS, INC (per NTSB report)
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.
FAA enforcement actions
Sanction: $25,000 · case closed 2002-05-23
Maintenance disclosure history
No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N100EP | EPPLIN JOHN A COZY MK 4 | — | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N101UC | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N101UM | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N222LF | CESSNA 172S | 2001 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N232UM | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N350JF | BEECHCRAFT CORP B300 | 2014 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N355DU | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N54863 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N89894 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N89SM | AEROSPATIALE AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN | 1991 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N913EF | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report |
Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate
Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.
- N913EF — records 2006 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N222LF (CESSNA 172S) — records 2001 · registered to LUNKEN FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER LLC (owner ≠ operator)
- N89SM (AEROSPATIALE AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN) — records 2000 · now operated by MERCY HEALTH - LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK LLC
- N355DU — records 2000 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N350JF (BEECHCRAFT CORP B300) — records 1999 · registered to JDF EQUIPMENT SALES LLC (owner ≠ operator)
- N101UC — records 1997 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N232UM — records 1995 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N101UM — records 1992 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N54863 — records 1991 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N100EP (EPPLIN JOHN A COZY MK 4) — records 1987 · registered to GANTT BRADLEY C (owner ≠ operator)
- N89894 — records 1983 · no longer on the FAA registry