Manuiwa Airways, Inc.

Part 135 operator · designator DDWA

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: MANUIWA AIRWAYS, MANUIWA AIRWAYS INC, MANUIWA AIRWAYS, INC., Manuiwa Airways, Inc., VOLCANO HELICOPTERS

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 1997-02-21 Operator named in NTSB report
Hughes 369D (N505RM) Serious injury Part 135

Operated by MANUIWA AIRWAYS (per NTSB report)

failure of the tail rotor for undetermined reason(s), resulting in tail rotor imbalance, separation of the tail rotor, and an autorotative landing on rough terrain with high vegetation. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.

Source: NTSB case LAX97FA107

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty · 2007-10-30 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Air carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $2,000 · case closed 2008-08-26

Source: FAA case 2008WA910032

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
N505RMCESSNA 525A2001Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N9267FHUGHES 369HS1975Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designator

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.

  • N505RM (CESSNA 525A) — records 1997 · registered to TEMPUS CREA LLC (owner ≠ operator)