Aerowest Helicopters, Inc.

Part 135 operator

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: AEROWEST HELICOPTERS INC, Aerowest Helicopters, Inc.

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2003-12-27 Operator named in NTSB report
Aerospatiale AS 365 N-2 (N291LL) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Aerowest Helicopters, Inc. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: New Mexico Life Rescue (per NTSB report)

the pilot's failure to maintain lateral clearance from the hangar. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind.

Source: NTSB case DEN04LA033

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty ordered · 2006-11-14 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Drug & alcohol testing programAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $3,250 · case closed 2008-05-08

Source: FAA case 2007SW910040

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
N291LL——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.

  • N291LL — records 2003 · no longer on the FAA registry