Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio, LLC

Part 135 operator · designator 8AHA

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: ALAMO HELICOPTER TOURS, ALAMO HELICOPTER TOURS SAN ANTONIO LLC, ALAMO HELICOPTER TOURS SAN ANTONIO, LLC, ALAMO HELICOPTERS, AUSTIN HELICOPTER TOURS, LLC, AUSTIN HELICOPTERS, Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio LLC, Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio, LLC

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2019-12-14 Operator named in NTSB report
Robinson R44 (N440AH) Minor injury Part 91

Operated by Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio LLC (per NTSB report)

Maintenance personnel’s failure to complete all necessary steps of a service bulletin and subsequent failure to identify the loose lower actuator bearing support bracket during inspections, which resulted in the misalignment of the clutch actuator, resulted in a loss of belt tension on the main rotor drive system, and the subsequent forced landing.

Source: NTSB case ERA20LA054
Accident · 2019-06-29 Operator named in NTSB report
Robinson R22 (N7143Y) Serious injury Part 91

Operated by Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio LLC (per NTSB report)

The pilots' failure to maintain clearance from a power line during low level operations.

Source: NTSB case CEN19LA193

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty ordered · 2023-02-09 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Drug & alcohol testing programAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $1,000 · case closed 2024-12-09

Source: FAA case 2023WP910027

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
N440AHOperator named in NTSB report
N7143YOperator named in NTSB report
N913LSEUROCOPTER EC120B2000Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator

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.

  • N440AH — records 2019 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N7143Y — records 2019 · no longer on the FAA registry