About Us

Expertise You Can Trust


Precision in Every Flight


With decades of combined experience in Part 135/145 operations, heavy rotorcraft maintenance, and avionics upgrades, we specialize in keeping aircraft mission-ready. Our team has worked extensively on Airbus (ASTAR, EC130), Bell (204, 205, 206, 407), and MD-500 platform and mores, performing everything from STC installations to critical system inspections.


Whether supporting commercial, government, or forestry operations, we bring reliability, precision, and industry-leading knowledge to every project.


We also have satellite stations in
St. George, Utah & Maui, Hawaii

  • Thomas Taitano

    A&P Mechanic

  • Michael Ramit

    A&P Mechanic

  • Joel Collins

    A&P Mechanic

  • Patrick Contreras

    A&P Mechanic

  • Robert Fahnestock

    A&P Mechanic, IA, Private Pilot fixed & rotor wing, over 45 years of experience, Director of Maintenance, heavy maintenance on Astars, Arriel Engines and many more, owned and operated FBO’s, repair stations, helicopter tours.

  • Patrick Martin

    A&P Mechanic with over 40 years of experience, Director of Maintenance, Heavy maintenance rotor aircraft, Arriel 1 & 2 deep maintenance, Avionics, Pratt & Whitney Heavy Maintenance, U.S Army tactical Transport Helicopter Repair Couse – distinguished graduate. Bachelors in Engineering & Mathematics.

  • Phillip Manalo

    A&P Mechanic, IA, Director of Maintenance, 16 years of experience on AStar and EC130 Helicopters, including heavy maintenance, Safran Turbomeca trained on Arriel 1, 1D1, 2B, 2B1, 2D Engines, Honeywell LTS101, Pratt & Whitney PT6C-67.

  • Wilson Piros

    A&P Mechanic, 30+ years of AStar Experience, 20+ years EC130 B4, 10+ years EC130 T2, specializing in Airframe component repairs and overhaul.

  • Jennifer Cardenas

    15 years of aviation experience, dispatching, flight following, tour management, accounting. Associates in Business Management .

Partners

Black Mountain Aviation LLC is a maintenance facility that offers high caliber maintenance from our highly experienced, factory trained technicians.

 

Our goal is to provide customers with experienced and factory trained technicians to complete their missions. Whether it is scheduled, unscheduled, modifications, structural repairs, avionics upgrades, or re-certifications, it will be performed with the highest levels of safety, reliability and quality.