AIRCRAFT CHARTER GROUP, INC.

Part 135 operator

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: AIRCRAFT CHARTER GROUP, INC.

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Incident · 2002-06-17 Operator named in NTSB report
Learjet 35A (N989AL) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Aircraft Charter Group Inc. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: Business Air Service (per NTSB report)

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the commercial pilot during a touch and go landing, including his failure to properly brief the commercial to not use reverse thrust during a touch and go landing.

Source: NTSB case NYC02IA118
Accident · 1996-12-24 Operator named in NTSB report
Learjet 35A (N388LS) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by AIRCRAFT CHARTER GROUP, INC. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: (per NTSB report)

The captain's failure to maintain situational awareness, which resulted in the airplane being outside the confines of the instrument approach; and the crew's misinterpretation of a step-down fix passage, which resulted in an early descent into rising terrain. Factors included the captain's misreading of the instrument approach procedure, the crew's rushed and incomplete instrument approach briefing, their failure to use additional, available navigational aids, and their failure to account for the winds at altitude.

Source: NTSB case NYC97FA194

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
N388LSOperator named in NTSB report
N989ALOperator 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.

  • N989AL — records 2002 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N388LS — records 1996 · no longer on the FAA registry