- Registered owner
- Helicopter Express LLC
- Location
- Chamblee, GA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 64097
- Year built
- 1971
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Engine
- Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- May 12, 2022
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A136E8
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 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N178ACMatched 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-64F aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N178ACMatched 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-64F aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR MDR03032Bleed Valve · obstructedNR 1 ENG OIL PRESS WAS INDICATING LOWER THAN NR 2 ENG. PRESS INDICATED 45 PSI. ADJUSTED PRESS VALVE TO INCREASE CHECK AT NEXT FLT. NR 1 ENG WAS STARTED, INDICATED NML GROUND IDLE. ACCELERATING TO 70 PERCENT N2, OIL PRESS DROPPED OFF, CAUTION LIGHT ILLUM, PSDR MDR03030Plate · crackedDURING THE MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION OF THE 2ND STAGE PLANETARY PLATE, A CRACK WAS DETECTED. THE CRACK IS LOCATED IN THE .125 INCH R. FROM THERE, IT TRAVELS TOWARDS THE SPLINE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THEN IT TRAVELS DOWN THE DRIVE SIDE TOOTH FILLET OF THESDR 98ZZZX1743Center Housing · crackedTAIL ROTOR GEARBOX WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT DUE TO A CRACK IN THE TAIL GEARBOX CENTER HOUSING WEB ADJACENT TO THE LOWER LEFT GEARBOX ATTACHMENT LUG. ENGINEERING REQUESTED THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT HELP FIND THE CRACKED AREA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MARKED ON THE PARTSDR 98ZZZX68Case · crackedWHILE INSTALLED, AFT FLANGE OF CASE SN 225 FRACTURED 360 DEGREES WITHIN THE FLANGE WELD JOINT. FRACTURING OF AFT FLANGE ASSY ELIMINATED THE AFT MOUNT FROM ENG SUPPORT. ENG FREE TO MOVE VERTICALLY, LATERALLY, AND FORE AND AFT, UNRESTRAINED BY AFT MOUNT. THISSDR 97ZZZX2479Main Shaft · crackedMGB MAIN SHAFT INSPECTION, EIGHT SPLINES FOUND DURING MPI INSPECTION WITH ONE TO THREE INDICATIONS PER SPLINE. INDICATIONS WERE FOUND IN RADIUS AND TRAVELED UP THE TOOTH FACE APPROXIMATELY .1250 INCH.SDR 96ZZZX5188Blade Bolt · fracturedCLIMB, 50-60 KTS IAS ABOUT 1K FPM RATE , PILOT NOTED VIBRATION IN T/R. RETURNED ORIG TAKEOFF POINT, LANDED. VIBRATION BECAME STRONGER DURING DESCENT. FOUND 8 BOLTS RETAINING T/R BLADE, 1 EA BOLT HEAD MISSING AND NEVER FOUND. 3 EA BOLT HEADS BROKEN ABOUT SDR 96ZZZX5189Blade Bolt · fracturedTWO BOLTS WERE FOUND FRACTURED ON THE YELLOW T/R BLADE AT THE PITCH CHANGE ATTACH LOCATION WHEN THE T/R WAS INSPECTED AT THE NOON SHUT-DOWN. THIS IS A GENERAL INSPECTION INTERVAL FOR THE T/R. THE BLADE WAS CHANGED OUT AND ALL 8 BOLTS REPLACED ON THE YELLOW BSDR 96ZZZX5190Tablock · missingTABLOCK FOUND MISSING AT POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION ON 6-25-96. THE LAST OVERHAUL WAS PERFORMED BY SABRELINER. WHEN INSPECTING THE COMPRESSOR THROUGH THE INLET, CONTACT OF 3RD STAGE BLADE NOTED ON FACE OF 4TH STAGE STATOR NEAR CENTERLINE OF ENGINE (ROOT END OF BSDR 96ZZZX5191Tablock · missingTABLOCK FOUND MISSING AT PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON 4-26-96. THE LAST OVERHAUL PERFORMED BY EAC ON 8-4-94. WHEN INSPECTING THE COMPRESSOR THROUGH THE INLET, CONTACT OF 3RD STAGE BLADE WAS NOTED ON FACE OF 4TH STAGE STATOR NEAR CENTERLINE OF ENGINE (RSDR 96ZZZX5192Tablock · missingENGINE FAILED INTERNALLY AT FIRST LIFT-OFF OF THE DAY. TABLOCK FOUND MISSING 12-2-95. THE LAST OVERHAUL PERFORMED BY EAC ON 1-6-94. WHEN INSPECTING COMPRESSOR THROUGH INLET, CONTACT OF 3RD STAGE BLADE NOTED ON FACE OF 4TH STAGE STATOR NEAR CENTERLINE OF ENGSDR 96ZZZX5193Tablock · missingENGINE REMOVED FOR HSI. TABLOCK FOUND MISSING AT HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON COMPRESSOR BEING INDUCTED IN REPAIR STATION ON 8-22-95. THE LAST OVERHAUL PERFORMED BY EAC ON 10-7-94. WHEN INSPECTING COMPRESSOR THROUGH INLET, CONTACT OF 3RD STAGE BLAD
STCs that may be installed · 31
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Sikorsky S-64F
STC SR11923SEInstallation of Helicopter Transport Services, LLC Shock Absorber HTS-2000STC SR11810SEInstallation of Helicopter Transport Services, LLC External Load Indicating SystemSTC SR04343CHInstallation of Heli-Preheat Kit, p/n TA3193-1 for 115 volt application in accordance with
Heli-Preheat Kit drawing TA3193-1 Revision D, dated December 11, 2023 or later FAA approved
revisions and Preheat Kit Installation Instruction TNH3193 Revision B, dated July 6, 2018 or later FAA approved revisions