# N5791M: Aerospatiale AS 355F1, registration cancelled 1997-09-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 12, 1997
- Exported to: Belgium
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- 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: 5116
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: August 7, 1997
- Last registry action: August 7, 1997
- Mode S code: A7725F
- Owner when cancelled: [Heliwork Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELIWORK%20INC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5791M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5791M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5791M-1997-09-12

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 (3)

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

- [SDR HEEA0010444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0010444), Jul 10, 1997: SENSOR ASSY. ERRATIC. SENSOR ASSY ERRATIC OUTPUT.
- [SDR HEEA968733](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA968733), Dec 13, 1996: SEAL. CRACKED. MAGNETIC SEAL UNIT CRACKED.
- [SDR HEEA966330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966330), Jan 2, 1996: BLADE. ERROSION. ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO LOW POWER AND OIL LEAKING. UPON INSPECTION OF TURBINE PARTS NOTED THE FOLLOWING: 50% OF 1ST STAGE WHEEL SULFIDATED AND DELAMINATED ON FORW

## 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 19890718050819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890718050819I), Jul 18, 1989: Aerosp AS355F1 (N5791M), Gulf Of Mexico, LA, Minor damage. During final stages of the approach to land the tail rotor struck the safety fence.

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