Cherry Helicopters, Inc.

Part 135 operator · designator CYHA

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: CHERRY HELICOPTERS, CHERRY HELICOPTERS, INC., Cherry Helicopters, Inc.

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 1994-06-06 Operator named in NTSB report
HUGHES 369D (N4943T) No injuries Part 133

Operated by CHERRY HELICOPTERS, INC. (per NTSB report)

the operator's and pilot's failure to ensure that the cargo net containing empty paper bags was sufficiently ballasted to prevent it from flying up into the tail rotor.

Source: NTSB case LAX94LA241
Accident · 1988-05-13 Operator named in NTSB report
McDonnell Douglas 369D (N4943T) Serious injury Part 133

Operated by CHERRY HELICOPTERS, INC. (per NTSB report)

FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE MANUFACTURE FOR UNCOMMANDED TRIM INPUTS AND HIS DECISION TO MAKE A HOVER APPROACH TO LANDING.

Source: NTSB case LAX88LA179

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
N4943TOperator named in NTSB report
N90ALHUGHES HELICOPTERS INC HUGHES 369D1978Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator

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.

  • N4943T — records 1988–1994 · no longer on the FAA registry