Kiwi Air LLC

Part 135 operator · designator K69A

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: HELLS CANYON HELICOPTERS, KIWI AIR LLC, Kiwi Air, Kiwi Air LLC

Accident & enforcement record

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

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2025-02-27 Operator named in NTSB report
ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II (N6555C) Serious injury Part 91

Operated by KIWI AIR LLC (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s failure to properly identify the proper anchor point for the supplemental harness and the crew’s incorrect use of the restraint system structure as an anchor point, which resulted in the separation of the structure.

Source: NTSB case CEN25LA105
Accident · 2018-01-27 Operator named in NTSB report
HUGHES 369D (N369TH) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by Kiwi Air (per NTSB report)

A loss of control following the gunner's failure to ensure that the net maintained clearance from the tail rotor.

Source: NTSB case WPR18FA074

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
N369THOperator named in NTSB report
N6555CROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II2005Valid RegistrationMatched by certificate designatorOperator 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.

  • N369TH — records 2018 · no longer on the FAA registry