- Registered owner
- Helicopter Express LLC
- Location
- Chamblee, GA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 64003
- Year built
- 1962
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- March 26, 2010
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Mode S code
- A12F7A
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
On this page
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 N176ACMatched 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
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N176ACMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Sikorsky S-64E aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 9
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR JYDR20210615165Blade · brokenAIRCRAFT PERFORMING LOGGING OPERATIONS. PILOTS FELT VIBRATION AND NOISE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LANDING AREA. MAINTENANCE FOUND DEBRIS IN TAIL PIPE. ENGINE REMOVED, FOUND 2ND STAGE N1 BLADE BROKEN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THROUGH THESDR JYDR20201008272Blades · brokenPILOTS HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM NR 2 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND DEBRIS IN TAIL PIPE. ENGINE REMOVED AND IS BEING SHIPPED BACK TO THIS REPAIR STATION FOR INVESTIGATION. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR REPORTING. ONCE ENGINE SDR JYDR20200420109Turbine Blades · brokenDURING RE-FUELING PILOT REPORTED A STRANGE ENGINE NOISE. AFTER SHUTDOWN MECHANICS FOUND A SECOND STAGE N1 BLADE HAD BROKEN AND EXITED THROUGH THE FREE TURBINE. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR MEETING REPORTING DEADLINE. ENGINE HAS NOT ARRIVED AT THIS REPAIR SSDR JYDR20170817227Gearbox · overservicedINTERMEDIATE GEAR BOX CHIP LIGHT WHILE FIGHTING FIRE. PILOTS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO BASE. GEAR BOX REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT. INTERMEDIATE GEAR BOX OIL WAS DRAINED AND CAPTURED. THE IGB WAS FOUND TO HAVE ALMOST 3 US GALLONS OF OIL. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUSDR JYDR20170306065Bolt · brokenDURING POST FLIGHT, MECHANIC FOUND A DING IN THE LEADING EDGE OF 1 TAIL ROTOR BLADE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN STABILIZER BOLT HEAD. TRB WAS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED FOR AN DER APPROVED REPAIR. AFTER AUTHORIZED REPAIR WAS PERFORSDR JYD2001F00002Plate · crackedCRACKS FOUND IN ROOT AREA OF THREE INTERNAL SPLINES OF LOWER PLATE OF 2ND STAGE PLANETARY PLATE ASSY. MAIN GEARBOX WAS REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL. DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS, THREE CRACKS WERE DETECTED BY FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION INTHE INTERNAL SPLINES SDR 20010427CW008Seal · crackedENGINE DISASSEMBLED FOR REPAIR OF COMPRESSOR. AT DISASSEMBLY, 9TH STAGE DISK DOUBLE LIPPED REAR ROTATING AIRSEAL, WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN 3 PLACES, APPROXIMATELY 0 , 30, AND 120 DEGREES. ENGINE WAS OPERATED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND NO ABNORMALITIES SDR 20001219SH020Blade · crackedTHE TOP SIDE OF THE TRAILING EDGE RETENTION BLOCK SCREW HOLE HAD A CRACK WHICH EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 360 DEGREES AT A 7 O CLOCK POSITION (AS VIEWED FROM THE TOPSIDE LOOKING DOWN). THIS CRACK WAS DISCOVERED DURING A VISUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED IN THE FIELD. SDR 20001218SH001Blade · crackedTHE TOP SIDE OF THE TRAILING EDGE RETENTION BLOCK SCREW HOLE HAD A CRACK WHICH EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY .360 INCH AT A 7 O''CLOCK POSITION (AS VIEWED FROM THE TOPSIDE LOOKING DOWN). THIS CRACK WAS DISCOVERED DURING A VISUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED IN THE FIELD. (
Reports on N176AC not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N176AC, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
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 N176AC before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.