# N343AA: 1984 Sikorsky S-76B, registration cancelled 2014-04-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 17, 2014
- Exported to: Canada
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-76B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b) (registry code 8143007)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (registry code 52033)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760299
- Year built: 1984
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, market survey
- Airworthiness date: April 23, 1993
- Certificate issued: October 6, 2008
- Last registry action: July 11, 2012
- Mode S code: A3C874
- Owner when cancelled: [Arctic Air Service Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ARCTIC%20AIR%20SERVICE%20INC)
- Location: [Santa Maria, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Santa%20Maria)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.8483° N, 120.4829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93455, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343AA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=343AA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343AA-2014-04-17

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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-76B: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b.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 LAX08LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA200), Jun 27, 2008: Sikorsky S-76A (N343AA), Santa Maria, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The copilot's misjudged clearance from an object during a hovering turn for landing. Contributing to the accident were the inadequately marked heliport surface and the close proximity of an…

## 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 20080627840659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080627840659A), Jun 27, 2008: Skrsky S76A (N343AA), Lompoc, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landed into wind on platform irene (5 miles off the coast from vandenberg), then began a hovering right turn to position aircraft to disembark…

## Other aircraft with N343AA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343AA): Piper PA-18-150, S/N 18-7947, built 1963

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