# N9FH: 1981 Bhi H60 Helicopters UH-60A

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bhi H60 Helicopters UH-60A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bhi-h60-helicopters-uh-60a) (registry code 8146010, 19 seats)
- Engine: [GE T700-GE-700](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-t700-ge-700) (registry code 30168)
- Serial number: 80-23461
- Year built: 1981
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: June 30, 2016
- Certificate issued: April 8, 2015
- Expires: April 30, 2028
- Mode S code: AC6AFF
- Registered owner: [Brainerd Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BRAINERD%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Leesburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Leesburg)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 28.8803° N, 81.7901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34788, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9FH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9FH

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.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 1 in force

### Matched by airframe (Bhi H60 Helicopters UH-60A)

- [AD 2020-22-19](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2020-22-19): Main Rotor Head--Main Rotor Spindle Cuff · ACE Aeronautics UH-60A, BHI H60 (UH-60A), UH-60A and 17 more. Effective Dec 3, 2020

### Matched by engine (GE T700-GE-700)

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 ERA21FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA233), May 25, 2021: Bhi H60 Helicopters UH-60A (N9FH), Leesburg, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the water tank snorkel support structure, which allowed the snorkel to contact the main rotor blades. Contributing to the accident was insufficient Federal Aviation Administration…

## 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 20210525004029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210525004029A), May 25, 2021: Bhi H60 Helicopters LLC UH-60A (N9FH), Leesburg, FL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On may 25, 2020, N9FH, an UH-60 crashed at Leesburg international airport at approximately 1647 EST. The helicopter was conducting training extracting water…

## 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.

## Earlier aircraft with N9FH

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N9FH before.

- [Cancelled 2009-09-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9FH-2009-09-16): Beech 99, S/N U-94, built 1969. Owner: [Ozark Aircraft Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OZARK%20AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20INC), [Kansas City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Kansas%20City)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9FH-undated): Hosier RAND KR-1, S/N F67362. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Bhi H60 Helicopters UH-60A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/bhi-h60-helicopters-uh-60a/aircraft.md
- The GE T700-GE-700 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-t700-ge-700.md

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