# N196CH: 1965 Vertol 107

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Vertol 107](https://openairdocs.org/model/vertol-107) (registry code 9420602, 20 seats)
- Engine: [GE CT58 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct58-series) (registry code 30011)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1H16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H16) (Columbia Helicopters Inc.) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 407
- Year built: 1965
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: August 5, 1996
- Certificate issued: November 4, 1993
- Expires: October 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A17EAF
- Registered owner: [Columbia Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COLUMBIA%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Aurora, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Aurora)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 45.2403° N, 122.7936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97002, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=196CH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N196CH

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every GE CT58 model are included.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Vertol 107)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (GE CT58 series)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA97FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97FA001), Oct 4, 1996: Boeing Vertol BV-107 II (N196CH), Canby, OR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: failure of maintenance personnel to install a cotter pin in a clevis bolt in the flight control system, which resulted in the aft directional and lateral control output pushrod to become disconnected…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19961004030889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961004030889A), Oct 4, 1996: Boeing 1072 (N196CH), Canby, OR, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (.4) The Boeing model BV-107-II departed on a maintenance check flight with 1.4 hrs total flight time after conversion from a model HKP-4 per FAA project…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Related

- Other Vertol 107 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/vertol-107/aircraft.md
- The GE CT58 series engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct58-series.md

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