KIRST, FOREST

Part 135 operator · designator K70A

Data confidence: All records on this page are linked by a shared certificate number or aircraft registration (N-number).

Also recorded as: KIRST AVIATION, KIRST, FOREST

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2014-08-24 Matched by aircraft (N-number)
RYAN NAVION A (N4827K) Serious injury Part 135

The pilot’s improper inflight planning and improper decision to deliberately operate the airplane at low altitude in close proximity to obstructions and rising terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s improper preflight planning and the Federal Aviation Administration’s inappropriate decision to issue a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 certificate to the operator despite the pilot’s history of accidents, incidents, reexaminations, and checkride failures.

Source: NTSB case ANC14FA068

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

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-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N4827KRYAN NAVION A1949Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator