UNIVERSAL AVIATORS ACADEMY INC

Part 135 operator · designator Y8BA

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: UNIVERSAL AIR ACADEMY, UNIVERSAL AVIATORS ACADEMY INC

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2008-08-29 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 172N (N172ST) Serious injury Part 91

Operated by UNIVERSAL AVIATORS ACADEMY INC (per NTSB report)

The pilot's improper preflight and in-flight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's loss of situational awareness while conducting the normal and emergency checklists during his turn from base to final approach, and the dark night condition.

Source: NTSB case SEA08LA191

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
N172STOperator named in NTSB report
N52314CESSNA 182P1973Valid 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.

  • N172ST — records 2008 · no longer on the FAA registry