Presidential Airways

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: PRESIDENTIAL AIRWAYS, Presidential Airways

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2009-07-17 Operator named in NTSB report
MD HELICOPTER INC 530 (369FF) (N974BW) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by PRESIDENTIAL AIRWAYS (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during a low-level course reversal.

Source: NTSB case ERA09FA419
Accident · 2009-02-24 Operator named in NTSB report
HUGHES 369F (N5205C) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by Presidential Airways Inc. (per NTSB report)

The flight instructor's failure to verify that the helicopter's skid was clear of an obstruction while demonstrating a one-skid and toe-in landing maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's decision to practice this maneuver at an unauthorized landing site.

Source: NTSB case ERA09LA173
Accident · 2008-03-05 Operator named in NTSB report
Maule MT-7-235 (N16FE) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Presidential Airways (per NTSB report)

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

Source: NTSB case NYC08CA123

FAA enforcement actions

Penalty compromised — no finding of violation · date unknown Name match — reviewer confirmed
Flight operations

Sanction: $500 · case closed 2002-07-02

Source: FAA case 2000GL030022

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
N16FE——Operator named in NTSB report
N5205C——Operator named in NTSB report
N974BW——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.

  • N974BW — records 2009 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N5205C — records 2009 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N16FE — records 2008 · no longer on the FAA registry