# N518AL: 1980 Sikorsky S-76A, registration cancelled 2018-02-14 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 14, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - 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: 760134 - Year built: 1980 - Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft - Engine type: Turbo-shaft - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: August 17, 1997 - Certificate issued: October 24, 2008 - Last registry action: August 8, 2012 - Mode S code: A67F32 - Owner when cancelled: [Turbines Ltd](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TURBINES%20LTD) - Location: [West Point, NE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NE/West%20Point) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.8336° N, 96.7243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 68788, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518AL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=518AL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518AL-2018-02-14 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-76A: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a.md ## Service difficulty reports (13) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR ALG2005F00100](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00100), Dec 3, 2005: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, TRANSMISSION GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. FOUND TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR PLUG FULL OF OIL AND DIRT. CLEANED CONNECTOR PL - [SDR ALG2005F00096](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00096), Dec 3, 2005: INDICATOR. FAILED. E-DISPLAYED 730 ON MGT GAUGE ENROUTE. NO FLASH OR CHECK LIGHT. NO PLATFORMS LARGE ENOUGH FOR 2 HELICOPTERS IN VICINITY. NO RECORDED ACCUMULATED FAULTS. MGT GAUG - [SDR ALG2005F00043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00043), Jul 7, 2005: CHIP DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE T/R CHIP/HOT CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON, PILOT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND LANDED. THE MECHANIC CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE CHIP PLUG AND C - [SDR ALG2005F00019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00019), Feb 28, 2005: CHIP DETECTOR. CONTAMINATED. DURING FLIGHT, THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, EMERGENCY CHECK LIST COMPLIED WITH AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED 2 EA CHIP PLUGS FROM TH - [SDR ALG2005F00014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00014), Jan 24, 2005: WIRE HARNESS. UNSERVICEABLE. ON RUN-UP, LANDING GEAR NOSE WHEEL GREEN LIGHT GOES OFF AND RED UNSAFE LIGHT COMES ON (KEEPS REPEATING), GREEN LIGHT COMES ON AND THE RED LIGHT GOES OUT. MAINTE - [SDR ALG2005F00013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00013), Jan 19, 2005: FLOAT. DEPLOYED. AFTER LANDING, ON EI309, WHILE COMPLETING THE (AFTER LANDING CHECK LIST) THE CO-PILOT INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED THE FLOATS. THE MECHANIC DEFLATED ALL FLOATS AND RE - [SDR ALG2005F00009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00009), Dec 23, 2004: AMPLIFIER. SMOKE. LANDING, ON DOWN WIND APPROACH SMELLED ODOR, ON FINAL THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER, ON LANDING SMOKE CAME FROM OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AREA. THE NR 2 PITCH A - [SDR ALG2005F00010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00010), Dec 8, 2004: PROXIMITY SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. ON TAKE OFF, AFTER RAISING GEAR HANDLE, THE RED LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT. RECYCLED GEAR NO CHANGE, RETURNED TO GET FIXED. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED PROXIMITY SWITCH TO - [SDR ALGA091288](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA091288), Nov 26, 2003: PINION GEAR. SPALLED. FOUND SPALLING ON PINION GEAR TEETH. SENT PART TO VENDOR FOR WARRANTY CREDIT. - [SDR ALGA084135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA084135), Feb 19, 2003: SEAL. DEFECTIVE. FOUND TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX SEAL DEFECTIVE AND LEAKING. REPLACED SEAL WITH A NEW PART. - [SDR ALG2003F00030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2003F00030), Dec 7, 2002: ENGINE. INOPERATIVE. IN CRUISE FLIGHT, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40, NR 2 ENGINE NR2 SPED TO 112 PERCENT- 114 PERCENT RIGHT YAW EXPERIENCED, NR 2 ENGINE LEVER WAS RETARTED TO CONTROL N2/N - [SDR ALG2002F00001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2002F00001), Nov 13, 2001: CONNECTOR. LOOSE. DURING RUN UP CHECKS. CONNECTOR PLUGS FOUND LOOSE IN THE NR 1 ENGINE INTAKE. - [SDR 20010420CW018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20010420CW018), Mar 22, 2001: CALIPER. STUCK. DURING RUN UP PRIOR TO 135 REVENUE FLIGHT. SMOKE COMING OUT OF INTAKE COWLING AREA, NOTIFIED FLIGHT CREW WHO SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND ONE ROTOR ## Other aircraft with N518AL - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518AL): Zipline International P2 ZIP, S/N 18736P22507 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.