Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service

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: Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2006-09-04 Operator named in NTSB report
Bell 212 (N873HL) No injuries PUBU

Operated by Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (per NTSB report)

Failure of compressor second stage stator vane for undetermined reasons while maneuvering.

Source: NTSB case LAX06TA284
Accident · 2006-08-04 Operator named in NTSB report
Aviation International Rotors CH-54A (N6156U) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (per NTSB report)

The fatigue failure of tail rotor blade spindle, which resulted in the separation of the blade and tail rotor gearbox.

Source: NTSB case LAX06GA254

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
N6156UOperator named in NTSB report
N873HLOperator 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.