COASTAL Air Service, INC.

Part 135 operator · designator C33A

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: COASTAL AIR SERVICE, INC., COASTAL Air Service, INC., Coastal Air Service

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2022-04-26 Operator named in NTSB report
GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+ (N281SP) Minor injury Part 137

Operated by COASTAL AIR SERVICE INC (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s decision to continue the low-altitude aerial application flight over water conditions that degraded his depth perception, which resulted in an inadvertent collision with the water.

Source: NTSB case ERA22LA209
Accident · 2022-04-26 Operator named in NTSB report
BELL 206 (N206BX) Minor injury Part 137

Operated by COASTAL AIR SERVICE, INC (per NTSB report)

A collision with water following a loss of visual reference to the water surface due to sun glare.

Source: NTSB case ERA22LA206
Accident · 2010-07-31 Operator named in NTSB report
GARLICK OH-58A (N305SD) Serious injury Part 137

Operated by Coastal Air Service (per NTSB report)

A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s improper fuel planning.

Source: NTSB case CEN10LA455

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
N202PHBELL 206L-31983Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N206BXBELL 206B1979Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designatorOperator named in NTSB report
N26CHBELL 4071998Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N281SPGARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+1973Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N305SDOperator named in NTSB report
N429ZABELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-11980Valid 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.

  • N281SP (GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+) — records 2022 · registered to COASTAL AIR SERVICE INC (owner ≠ operator)
  • N305SD — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry