Horizon Airlines

Certificate type not established

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 Airlines

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Incident · 2002-03-01 Operator named in NTSB report
Bombardier DHC-8-401 (N410QX) No injuries Part 121

Operated by Horizon Airlines (per NTSB report)

The partial failure of one of the number two hydraulic system elevator hydraulic lines, leading to the loss of fluid and pressure in that system during cruise flight. This loss resulted in reliance upon the sole remaining activation system (number one hydraulic) to operate the rudder.

Source: NTSB case SEA02IA044
Accident · 1997-03-26 Operator named in NTSB report
de Havilland DHC-8 (N826PH) No injuries Part 121

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES, INC. (per NTSB report)

failure of the ground marshaller to marshal the airplane into a correct parking place on the ramp, her failure to verify clearance between the right wing of the airplane and the ground de-ice cart, and failure of the flight crew to ensure clearance of the right wing as the airplane was being taxied into the parking place. Factors relating to the accident include: a congested ramp facility, and inadequate ramp markings.

Source: NTSB case SEA97LA077
Incident · 1995-04-16 Operator named in NTSB report
FAIRCHILD SA-227 (N385PH) No injuries Part 135

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR ROD BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WHICH RESULTED IN BINDING AND FRACTURE OF THE ROD.

Source: NTSB case SEA95IA082
Incident · 1994-11-17 Operator named in NTSB report
FAIRCHILD SA227 (N380PH) No injuries Part 135

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

THE FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR IMPELLER.

Source: NTSB case SEA95IA021
Accident · 1990-12-31 Operator named in NTSB report
SWEARINGEN SA-227 (N385PH) No injuries Part 135

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

THE FLIGHT CREW'S INABLITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING IN SNOW-DEPTH CONDITIONS THAT HAD BEEN ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED AS BEING WITHIN OPERATING LIMITATIONS.

Source: NTSB case SEA91LA040
Incident · 1990-05-23 Operator named in NTSB report
FAIRCHILD SA227 (N27442) Minor injury Part 135

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

DUE TO AN ICE BUILD-UP DEPARTING THE PROPELLER AND STRIKING THE CABIN WINDOW.

Source: NTSB case SEA90IA085
Accident · 1985-03-08 Operator named in NTSB report
FAIRCHILD SA-227AC (N3115U) No injuries Part 135

Operated by HORIZON AIRLINES, INC. (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case SEA85LA070

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
N27442FAIRCHILD SA227-AC1989Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N3115UOperator named in NTSB report
N380PHHYLIO INC HYL-15017Operator named in NTSB report
N385PHEUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2+2008Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N410QXOperator named in NTSB report
N826PHOperator 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.

  • N410QX — records 2002 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N826PH — records 1997 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N385PH (EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2+) — records 1990–1995 · now operated by PHI Health,LLC
  • N380PH (HYLIO INC HYL-150) — records 1994 · registered to SALE REPORTED (owner ≠ operator)
  • N27442 (FAIRCHILD SA227-AC) — records 1990 · registered to MISSION FLIGHT (owner ≠ operator)
  • N3115U — records 1985 · no longer on the FAA registry