HORIZON HELICOPTERS INC

Part 135 operator · designator HZXA

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: HORIZON HELICOPTERS INC, HORIZON HELICOPTERS LLC, Horizon Helicopters Inc

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Acc · 2010-07-15 Operator named in NTSB report
GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+ (N802JB) None injury Part 137

Operated by HORIZON HELICOPTERS LLC (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ERA10LA362

FAA enforcement actions

FAA enforcement records haven't been loaded into GroundCheck yet, so none can be shown — a gap in our data, not evidence of a clean enforcement history.

Maintenance disclosure history

Service Difficulty Reports are self-reported maintenance findings. The NUMBER of reports is not a measure of reliability — diligent operators file more, not fewer. These are shown for transparency, not as a negative signal.

1 report on file.

W · 1996-03-01 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 8540

ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT RUNNING WHILE ON GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ASSESSORY DRIVE GEAR, WHICH IS A TWO-PIECE GEAR ASSEMBLED AT THE FACTORY, HAD FAILED. THE 6 BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE 2 PIECES HAD SHEARED & THE 3 DOWELS THAT SHOULD BE A PRESS FIT IN BOTH PIECES HAD FALLEN OUT. ACCORDING TO LYC, LOCKING TABS WHICH SAFETY THE BOLTS SHD BE INSTALLED SO THEY COVER DOWELS, PREVENTING THEM FROM FALLING DOWN. TABS WERE INSTALLED IN A WAY THAT DID NOT COVER DOWEL PINS. IT APPEARED THEY HAD BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE NEW. REPLACEMENT GEAR INSTALLED WHICH WAS A USED SERVICEABLE GEAR, ALSO HAD TABS INSTALLED WRONG. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS INSPECTION TO VERIFY INTEGRITY OF BOLTS & PROPER INSTALL OF DOWEL PINS & LOCKING TABS.

Source: SDR 96ZZZX2246 · FAA SDRS

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N36MKBELL 206B1974Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator
N802JBGARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+1971Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report