# N517AL: 1980 Sikorsky S-76A, registration cancelled 2013-08-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 23, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-76A](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (registry code 8143006)
- Engine: [Allison 250-C30 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (registry code 03015)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1NE), [TCDS E1GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E1GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760121
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 17, 1997
- Last registry action: October 1, 1999
- Mode S code: A67B7B
- Location: [Broussard, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Broussard)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 30.1347° N, 91.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 70518, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N517AL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=517AL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N517AL-2013-08-23

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-76A: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a.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 FTW97LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA356), Sep 22, 1997: Sikorsky S-76A (N517AL), Patterson, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the copilot to maintain a positive rate of climb after takeoff, which led to an inadvertent descent and collision with a crop of sugar cane and the ground. Factors relating to the accident…

## 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 19970922027889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922027889A), Sep 22, 1997: Skrsky S76A (N517AL), Patterson, LA, Substantial damage. On departure, high hover, disappeare in fog, hit ground, over fence into field. (-23) on September 22, 1997, at 0530 central daylight time, a Sikorsky S-76-A…

## Other aircraft with N517AL

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N517AL): Zipline International P2 ZIP, S/N 18736P22505

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