AAR Airlift

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: AAR AIRLIFT GROUP INC, AAR Airlift

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2016-09-06 Operator named in NTSB report
SIKORSKY S61 (N805AR) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by AAR Airlift Group (per NTSB report)

A dual loss of engine power for undetermined reasons after the pilot's improper decision to attempt another maneuver after recovering from a perceived compressor stall, rather than returning to the airport.

Source: NTSB case ERA16FA311
Accident · 2012-01-16 Operator named in NTSB report
BELL 214 (N5748M) Fatal injury Part 135

Operated by AAR Airlift (per NTSB report)

the overtravel of the collective sleeve, which led to a severe and sudden reduction in main rotor blade collective pitch, resulting in a loss of control of the helicopter. The reason for the collective sleeve overtravel could not be determined since much of the collective control system was consumed in the post crash fire.

Source: NTSB case DCA12FA024

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty · 2016-10-20 Name match — reviewer confirmed
MaintenanceAir carrier / commercial operator

Sanction: $429,273 · case closed 2021-07-20

Source: FAA case 2016SO150033

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
N5748MOperator named in NTSB report
N805AROperator 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.

  • N805AR — records 2016 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N5748M — records 2012 · no longer on the FAA registry