GUARDIAN HELICOPTERS INC

Part 135 operator · designator GH4A

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: GUARDIAN HELICOPTERS INC, Guardian 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 · 2022-05-11 Operator named in NTSB report
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407 (N999GH) Serious injury Part 133

Operated by Guardian Helicopters (per NTSB report)

Loss of engine power due to the pilot inadvertently selecting engine IDLE mode while in flight, which reduced rotor and engine speed to a level that could not sustain flight.

Source: NTSB case WPR22LA174
Accident · 2020-08-19 Operator named in NTSB report
Arrow-Falcon Exporters, Inc. UH-1H (N711GH) Fatal injury PUBU

Operated by Guardian Helicopters Inc (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s inability to maintain control of the helicopter due to a hydraulic system failure for reasons that could not be fully determined due to the thermal destruction from the postimpact fire.

Source: NTSB case WPR20LA280

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty ordered · 2009-01-15 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Drug & alcohol testing programAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $6,285 · case closed 2009-11-24

Source: FAA case 2009WP910079

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
N211GHBELL 205A-1Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N215GHEUROCOPTER AS 350 B31998Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N216GHBELL 205A-11969Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N407GHBELL 4071996Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N447GHBELL 4071997Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N498PTMatched by certificate designator
N55TVMatched by certificate designator
N711GHOperator named in NTSB report
N718GHBELL 4071999Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N999GHBELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 4072008Valid RegistrationOperator 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.

  • N999GH (BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407) — records 2022 · registered to GUARDIAN HELICOPTERS INC (owner ≠ operator)
  • N711GH — records 2020 · no longer on the FAA registry