Air Charter Express, Inc.

Part 135 operator · designator X31A

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: AIR CHARTER EXPRESS LLC, AIR CHARTER EXPRESS, INC., Air Charter Express, Inc.

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 1988-12-16 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 150 (N63136) Serious injury Part 91

Operated by AIR CHARTER EXPRESS, INC. (per NTSB report)

IMPROPER PLANNING; THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. DURING THE LANDING HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE, ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED AND OVERRAN THE FIELD COLLIDING WITH TREES.

Source: NTSB case NYC89LA050

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty ordered · 2023-05-22 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Flight operationsAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $6,000 · case closed 2025-07-25

Source: FAA case 2023EA010005
Civil penalty ordered · 2017-05-01 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Drug & alcohol testing programAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $3,000 · case closed 2018-03-01

Source: FAA case 2017WP910195
Civil penalty ordered · 2016-10-27 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Flight operationsAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $2,100 · case closed 2019-11-18

Source: FAA case 2017WP090001
Penalty · 1999-03-24 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Drug & alcohol testing programAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $2,000 · case closed 2004-04-30

Source: FAA case 1999WP910039

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
N421FCCESSNA 421C1977Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N63136Operator 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.

  • N63136 — records 1988 · no longer on the FAA registry