# N355MF: Aerospatiale AS 355F1, registration cancelled 2000-01-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 6, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Aerospatiale AS 355F1](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1) (registry code 8680810)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 5100
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: August 29, 1996
- Last registry action: November 16, 1999
- Mode S code: A3F879
- Owner when cancelled: [Southwest Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOUTHWEST%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Tucson, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Tucson)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.1478° N, 110.9354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 85706, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N355MF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=355MF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355MF-2000-01-06

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 Aerospatiale AS 355F1: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 97ZZZX3548](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3548), Jul 16, 1997: COMPRESSOR. SEIZED. ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT, PILOT AND CREW DETECTED AN ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER FOLLOWED BY WISPS OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. 

## 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 NYC99LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA059), Feb 12, 1999: Aerospatiale 355 (N355MF), Toledo, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the flight which resulted in inadvertent flight into IMC, and the subsequent spatial disorientation and loss of control. A factor in the accident was the inaccuracy…

## 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 19990212001329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990212001329A), Feb 12, 1999: Aerosp AS355F1 (N355MF), Toledo, OH, Destroyed. St. vincent's hospital air ambulance (aerospatiale AS-355 F1 helicopter) was on it's third attempted take-off from the hospital (it had returned twice…

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