# N378E: Aerospatiale AS355F TWINSTAR, registration cancelled 1996-12-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 27, 1996
- Exported to: Austria
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Aerospatiale AS355F TWINSTAR](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as355f-twinstar) (registry code 8680807)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 5214
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: January 27, 1989
- Last registry action: February 15, 1995
- Mode S code: A451E7
- Owner when cancelled: [Offshore Logistics Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OFFSHORE%20LOGISTICS%20INC)
- Location: [Lafayette, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Lafayette)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N378E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=378E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N378E-1996-12-27

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 AS355F TWINSTAR: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as355f-twinstar.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

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

- [SDR 97ZZZX942](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX942), Aug 28, 1996: BLADE. CRACKED. DURING DAILY INSPECTION FOUND LOWER BLADE SURFACE CRACKED CHORDWISE AT STA 1397 MM. CRACK EXTENDS FROM TRAILING EDGE FORWARD 110 MM.
- [SDR 96ZZZX2358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX2358), Feb 2, 1996: 4TH STAGE NOZZLE. DEFECTIVE. UPON 1,750-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND DIAPHRAGM CRACKED AND THE PART WAS SENT FOR OVERHAUL.
- [SDR 96ZZZX745](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX745), Dec 22, 1995: NOZZLE BODY. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION OF FUEL NOZZLE AND DISASSEMBLY, REMOVED CORROSION FROM THE BODY ASSY AND FOUND PITTING AND CRACKS ON THE NOZZLE BODY ASSY.

## 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.

- [Incident 19941115043679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941115043679I), Nov 15, 1994: Aerosp AS355F1 (N378E), Sabine Pass, TX, Minor damage. Lower vertical fin struck safety netting during landing on oil rig platform.

## Other aircraft with N378E

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N378E): Meade Roy E RANS S-7S, S/N 0206427, built 2007

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