THUNDERBIRD AVIATION INC
Also recorded as: THUNDERBIRD AVIATION INC, Thunderbird Aviation
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
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.
2 reports on file.
AFTER TAKEOFF AND JUST LEAVING THE PATTERN THE NR 3 CYLINDER CAME APART. THE FRACTURE POINT WAS ABOUT MID CYLINDER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEY CALLED THE TOWER AND LANDED BACK ON THE FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT.
FOUND RIGHT WING LOWER FORWARD WING BOLT CRACKED DURING DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION, CRACK WAS JUST BELOW THE BOLT HEAD RADIUS, INSTALLED NEW BOLT