THUNDERBIRD AIRWAYS, INC.

Part 135 operator · designator T4BA

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Also recorded as: ENG AVIATION, THUNDERBIRD AIRWAYS, INC., Thunderbird Airways, Inc.

Accident & enforcement record

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NTSB accidents & incidents

No NTSB accidents or incidents linked to this operator.

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

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3 reports on file.

E K · 2021-03-07 Matched by certificate designator
N287CD · ATA 3244

UPON DEPARTURE FROM KASE TO KHOU, CREW FELT A SMALL BUMP. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, BOTH CREWMEMBERS NOTICED COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE. CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT TO DENVER WHERE A LONG RUNWAY WAS AVAILABLE AS THERE WOULD ONLY BE EMERGENCY BRAKING AND REDUCED LANDING PERFORMANCE. EMERGENCY DECLARED BY ATC. PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN DENVER. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED #3 TIRE HAD MAJOR/CATASTROPHIC TREAD LOSS WHICH OBVIOUSLY RESULTED IN HYDRAULIC LINE BEING SEVERED AS MAIN GEAR CAME UP INTO WHEEL WELL. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE SEVERED AS WELL.

Source: SDR T4BA20210314001 · FAA SDRS
E · 2012-05-02 Matched by certificate designator
N808VA · ATA 2435

ENGINE VIBRATION, NO OTHER INDICATION. PILOTS DIVERTED FOR SERVICE. STARTER GENERATOR FOUND DEFECTIVE 157 HRS PRIOR RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL.

Source: SDR 2012FA0000285 · FAA SDRS
K · 2012-02-25 Matched by certificate designator
N30GF · ATA 2761

AFTER LANDING; DURING TAXI THE PILOT NOTICED THE BRAKES AND STEERING ERRATIC. FOR SAFETY, HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES ON THE TAXI WAY AND INVESTIGATED. PILOT FOUND A LARGE HYDRAULIC SPILL BY THE RT GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE RT INBOARD SPEED BRAKE ACTUATOR HAD A LARGE LEAK.

Source: SDR T4BA20120301440 · FAA SDRS

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N287CDMatched by certificate designator