ExcelAire, LLC is a United States air charter company based at
Long Island MacArthur Airport in
Ronkonkoma, New York. ExcelAire LLC specializes in worldwide jet and helicopter charters, aircraft management, maintenance and aircraft sales.
Founded in 1993 by Bob Sherry, ExcelAire is currently headed by his son Robert Sherry Jr., its president. ExcelAire is a division of Hawthorne Global Aviation Services and its headquarters is housed in 200,000 square feet of hangar space at MacArthur Airport.
Fleet
As of April 2022, ExcelAire had 7 Aircraft
Incidents
On September 29, 2006, a brand new
Embraer Legacy 600 operated by ExcelAire was involved in a mid-air collision with
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Manaus, Brazil, to Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. On 29 September 2006, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 business je ...
. All 154 people on board the Gol
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two u ...
were killed, but everyone on the Legacy jet survived. At the time it was Brazil's deadliest aviation crash, surpassing
VASP Flight 168
VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212, serial number 21347, registered PP-SRK, was a scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo to Fortaleza, Brazil which, on June 8, 1982, crashed into terrain while descending into Fortaleza, killing all 137 peopl ...
and surpassed by
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 at
Congonhas-São Paulo Airport on July 17, 2007. After investigation by the
FAA and Brazilian authorities, it was found by the FAA that the pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino had turned the TCAS off, allowing the two aircraft to get on a collision course that caused the crash.
On February 2, 2022, a
Pilatus PC-12
The Pilatus PC-12 is a pressurized, single-engined, turboprop aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland, since 1991. It was designed as a high-performance utility aircraft that incorporates a large aft cargo door in ...
registration N357JK operated by ExcelAire collided with and damaged the nose and right wing of a parked
British Aerospace 125
The British Aerospace 125 is a twinjet mid-size business jet. Originally developed by de Havilland and initially designated as the DH.125 Jet Dragon, it entered production as the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, which was the designation used until 1 ...
, registration N207K. The accident is under investigation by the FAA.
[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/275032/ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275032, Retrieved February 05, 2022]
References
External links
ExcelAire, LLCHawthorne Global Aviation ServicesWired.Com - U.S. Detailed Comments on Draft Final Report of Aircraft Accident Involving PR-GTD and N600XL
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