Channel Islands Aviation, Inc.
Also recorded as: CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION, CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION INC, CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION, INC., CHANNEL ISLANDS JETS, CI JETS, CIA, Channel Islands Aviation, Inc.
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
Operated by Channel Islands Aviation (per NTSB report)
The student pilot's inadequate flare and loss of aircraft control during landing, which resulted in multiple bounces.
Operated by CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION INC (per NTSB report)
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind gusts and failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Operated by Channel Islands Aviation (per NTSB report)
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing. A contributing factor was the wet dirt at the runway edge.
Operated by Channel Islands Aviation, Inc. (per NTSB report)
The pilot's selection of the wrong landing runway due to his failure to correctly interpret wind indicators, which resulted in his landing with a tailwind.
Operated by CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: (per NTSB report)
A FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDE PATH TO THE RUNWAY AND HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT THAT RESULTED IN AN UNDERSHOOT AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING.
Operated by CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION (per NTSB report)
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND TO RECOVER FROM AN INADVERTENT STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S HANDLING OF THE AIRCRAFT SPECIFICALLY AN EXCESSIVE ANGLE OF ATTACK WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED AIRSPEED AND SUBSEQUENT STALL.
FAA enforcement actions
Sanction: $4,000 · case closed 2021-11-03
Sanction: $10,000 · case closed 2009-10-20
Maintenance disclosure history
Service Difficulty Reports are self-reported maintenance findings. The NUMBER of reports is not a measure of reliability — diligent operators file more, not fewer. These are shown for transparency, not as a negative signal. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
Reports span 2014–2026. Most-reported systems: Air conditioning & press. (21) — 1; Doors (52) — 1. Most-common natures of condition, as filed: VIBRATION/BUFFET — 1; WARNING INDICATION — 1.
2 reports on file.
Part: CABIN PRESS SYS — WARNING MESSAGE (ZONE 100) · airframe 5,256 hrs · 4,456 cycles
AT 2252Z, SIS61 ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 33 AT ASE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE AND INFORMED THE RADAR CONTROLLER THEY WERE DESCENDING BACK TO 100 AND NEEDED TO DIVERT TO RIL. THEY DESCENDED FROM 121 TO 100 IN AN 115 MVA AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS. THE RADAR CONTROLLER, USING THE EMERGENCY TERRAIN MAP GAVE VECTORS TOWARDS LOWER TERRAIN AND CLEARED SIS61 TO RIL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS 25 MILES E OF RIL, THE PILOT REPORTED THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED THE ISSUE AND WANTED TO CLIMB TO TEST THE CABIN PRESSURE. THEY WERE ISSUED A CLIMB ABOVE THE MVA, REPORTED THEY WERE NO LONGER AND EMERGENCY AND ASKED TO CONTINUE TO THEIR ORIGINAL DESTINATION OF RNO. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO RNO WITHOUT INCIDENT. LOWEST OBSERVED ALTITUDE WAS 111 IN A 124 MVA AND 100 IN AN 115 MVA, PILOT REPORTED THEY HAD ALL TERRAIN IN SIGHT. THERE WERE 4 SOB AND 4 HOURS OF FUEL. SDR IS SUBMITTED LATE DUE TO NOT RECEIVING COMPLETE INFORMATION FROM THE CREW.
Part: ATTACH FITTING — BROKEN (MLG DOOR) · airframe 1,558 hrs · 1,104 cycles
RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR ATTACH FITTING MALFUNCTION.
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N10033 | CESSNA 172S | — | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N23FR | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N266CJ | — | — | Matched by certificate designator | |
| N327ME | BEECH 300 | 1987 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N5341M | TEXTRON AVIATION INC 525B | 2018 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N55JA | BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2 ISLANDER | 1971 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designatorOperator named in NTSB report |
| N615KJ | CESSNA 525B | 2008 | Valid Registration | Matched by certificate designator |
| N6205N | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N69028 | — | — | 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.
- N10033 (CESSNA 172S) — records 2014 · registered to THUNDERFIGHTER LLC (owner ≠ operator)
- N535GH — records 2014 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N23FR — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N6205N — records 2005 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N327ME (BEECH 300) — records 2002 · registered to REACH CO LLC (owner ≠ operator)
- N69028 — records 1991 · no longer on the FAA registry