# N165AC: Sikorsky S-64F, registration cancelled 2001-03-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 1, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-64F](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-64f) (registry code 8142610)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H6EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H6EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 64085
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: April 24, 1997
- Last registry action: April 18, 2000
- Mode S code: A10444
- Owner when cancelled: [Erickson Air Crane Co LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERICKSON%20AIR%20CRANE%20CO%20LLC)
- Location: [Central Point, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Central%20Point)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.4085° N, 122.9459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97502, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165AC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=165AC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N165AC-2001-03-01

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Sikorsky S-64F: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-64f.md

## 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 SEA94LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA228), Sep 1, 1994: Sikorsky S-64F (N165AC), Libby, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FLIGHT CREW ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER'S WEIGHT AND BALANCE TO BE EXCEEDED, AND THE EXTERNAL LOAD (TANK) JETTISON SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE FALSE INDICATION…

## 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 19940901025079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940901025079A), Sep 1, 1994: Skrsky S64F (N165AC), Libby, MT, Destroyed. Testing loading water on bucket sling line. Quanity gage inop. Pulled up to dump load. Unable. Settled. Over gross.

## Other aircraft with N165AC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165AC): American Champion 8GCBC, S/N 471-2005

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