BIG Q AVIATION

Certificate type not established

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: BIG Q AVIATION

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2016-08-25 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER PA 18-180 (N66898) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Big Q Aviation (per NTSB report)

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after encountering a wind gust during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

Source: NTSB case CEN16LA348
Accident · 2016-04-08 Operator named in NTSB report
BELLANCA 7GCBC (N5046N) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by BIG Q AVIATION (per NTSB report)

The flight instructor's inability to move the control stick after takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and inadvertent aerodynamic stall. The reason for the inability to move the control stick could not be determined, because postaccident examination revealed no evidence of flight control malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Source: NTSB case CEN16FA145
Accident · 2010-07-30 Operator named in NTSB report
American Champion Aircraft Cor 7GCBC (N5027G) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by BIG Q AVIATION (per NTSB report)

The flight instructor’s incapacitation due to preexisting but unrecognized coronary disease, and the student pilot’s distraction and inability to recover the airplane from a stall/spin at low altitude.

Source: NTSB case CEN10FA448

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
N5027GOperator named in NTSB report
N5046NOperator named in NTSB report
N66898PIPER PA-18-1501975Valid RegistrationOperator 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.

  • N66898 (PIPER PA-18-150) — records 2016 · registered to COULTER LANCE A (owner ≠ operator)
  • N5046N — records 2016 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N5027G — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry