PTARMIGAN AIR LLC

Part 135 operator · designator YGZC

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: PTARMIGAN AIR, PTARMIGAN AIR LLC

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2025-04-09 Matched by aircraft (N-number)
PIPER PA-18-150 (N57617) No injuries Part 91

The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not attaining sufficient airspeed for takeoff and subsequently departed the end of the lake and collided with terrain.

Source: NTSB case ANC25LA033
Accident · 2013-08-27 Operator named in NTSB report
DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (N734Q) No injuries Part 91

Operated by PTARMIGAN AIR LLC (per NTSB report)

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and crosswind compensation during landing.

Source: NTSB case ANC13CA087
Accident · 2002-09-20 Operator named in NTSB report
de Havilland DHC-2 (N144Q) No injuries Part 91

Operated by PTARMIGAN AIR (per NTSB report)

The instructor pilot's inadequate preflight by his failure to remove all frost from the wings prior to takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and in-flight collision with terrain.

Source: NTSB case ANC02LA123

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
N102SYDEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.11959Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N144QDEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.11961Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N57617PIPER PA-18-1501977Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N734QDEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)1958Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designatorOperator 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.