- Registered owner
- Helicopter Express LLC
- Location
- Chamblee, GA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 64061
- Year built
- 1968
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Multiple
- Airworthiness date
- November 28, 2011
- Certificate issued
- December 6, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A1209E
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 9
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1974 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Sikorsky S-64E
SAIB SW-07-21Tail Rotor Head AssemblyNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N172ACMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Sikorsky S-64E aircraft
FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR JYDR20181214347Disk · crackedENGINE WAS RECEIVED AT REPAIR STATION FOR HOT SECTION AND AIRWORTHINESS COMPLIANCE (AD) UNDER WO 164822. DURING COMPLIANCE WITH AD 97-02-13 NDT INSPECTION, 2 EACH CRACKS WERE FOUND AT TIE ROD HOLES. AD CALLS FOR FIRST INSPECTION AT 3000 HOURS AND 1500 HOURS THSDR JYDR20150408085Turbine · looseFREE TURBINE ASSY WAS AT REPAIR STATION FOR A LEAK REPAIR. DURING DISASSEMBLY THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE 6435-20072-101 DRIVE FLANGE WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE FLANGE HAD PAINT ON THE MATING SURFACES. TORQUEING THE NUT AGAINST PASDR 2011FA0000704Blades · fracturedAFTER ABOUT 1.5 HRS OF FLIGHT, THE PILOTS RETURNED TO LANDING AND SAID THAT THE NR1 ENGINE HAD A HIGH FREQUENCY RUMBLE AND JUST BEFORE LANDING, THE TQ AND EPR GAUGES DECRESED RAPIDLY, WHILE THE ENGINE TEMP AND OIL IND WERE STILL GREEN. AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE INLESDR 2004F00385Cam · failedMAIN GEARBOX S/N A6-168 WAS REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE 2ND STAGE ASSY WAS DISASSEMBLED AND CAM ASSY WAS REMOVED AND CLEANED FOR NDT INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION FROM NDT, 2 CRACKS WERE FOUND TO BE LOCATED ON GEAR TOOTH AREA. EACH CRACK APPROSDR 2004F00336Housing · crackedMAIN GEAR BOX S/N A6-168 WAS REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL AND CRACK IN MAIN AFT SIDE OF INPUT FROM THE AIRCRAFT. DURING FPI, THERE WAS A CRACK FOUND IN THE LEFT INPUT BOTTOM SIDE APPROXIMATELY .5 INCH LONG, AND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS FOUND TO ALSO HAVE A CRACK INDICATION
STCs that may be installed · 48
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 48 STCs
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N172AC before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.