 This increase in flying and aircraft maintenance needs saw the Civil Aviation Authority suspending Island Air's operating licence in November 2006 over unauthorised maintenance being carried out on the company's aircraft.A new maintenance controller and chief executive were appointed to address the issues, however, the operator's problems compounded the following month when the Britten-Norman Islander suffered two forced landings on 22 and 28 December 2006.The second forced landing ended with the aircraft crash landing on mudflats in the Te Puna estuary at Omokoroa near Tauranga on 28 December 2006 while being flown by Paul Ensor.