# N355DU: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: March 18, 2003
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=355DU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N355DU

## Aircraft that carried N355DU

- [Cancelled 2003-03-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355DU-2003-03-18): Aerospatiale AS355F2 ECUREUIL, S/N 5489, built 1991. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Duke University](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DUKE%20UNIVERSITY), [Durham, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Durham)

## NTSB investigations on N355DU (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 MIA01FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA006), Oct 17, 2000: Aerospatiale AS-355-F2 (N355DU), Burlington, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The mechanics failure to comply with manufacturers instructions for correction of a illuminated main rotor gearbox oil pressure warning light resulting in the helicopter being dispatched on a ferry…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N355DU (2)

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 20001016018239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001016018239A), Oct 16, 2000: Aerosp AS355F2 (N355DU), Burlington, NC, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) The aircraft was on a part 91 maintenance ferry flight when it crashed about one minute after take-off. The pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft…
- [Incident 19870109006059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109006059I), Jan 9, 1987: Aerosp AS355F (N355DU), Durham, NC, Minor damage. Check airman was demonstrating a running landing to a soft sod strip. Skids dug into soft ground and collapsed.

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