Saudi Arabian Airlines
Also recorded as: SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORP, Saudi Arabian Airlines
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
13 records, spanning 1996–2025.
Operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines (per NTSB report)
Operated by SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORP (per NTSB report)
Operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines (per NTSB report)
Failure of the low pressure turbine stage 3 disk due to a design that is vulnerable to high pressure turbine unbalance-induced synchronous vibration that cannot be detected in flight, and the subsequent uncontained engine failure.
Operated by SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES (per NTSB report)
FAA enforcement actions
Sanction: $53,000 · case closed 2012-06-14
Sanction: $27,000 · case closed 2005-01-13
Sanction: $15,000 · case closed 2001-05-09
Sanction: $5,000 · case closed 2001-01-11
Sanction: $18,000 · case closed 2001-09-20
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-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHSBKE | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHSVAC | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAEN | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAG | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAIH | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAIR | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAIS | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAJJ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAK16 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAK17 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZAK18 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NHZANB | — | — | 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.
1 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.
- NHZAK18 — records 2022 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHSBKE — records 2014 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAK16 — records 2013 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAIR — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAIS — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZANB — records 2009 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHSVAC — records 2008 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAEN — records 2007 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAJJ — records 2001 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAG — records 1997 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NHZAIH — records 1996 · no longer on the FAA registry