# N601FH: 1998 Eurocopter Deutschland EC135P1, registration cancelled 2008-08-06 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: August 6, 2008 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Eurocopter Deutschland EC135P1](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec135p1) (registry code 8680990) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206a) (registry code 52151) - Data sheets: [TCDS H88EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H88EU), [TCDS E42NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E42NE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 0069 - Year built: 1998 - Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft - Engine type: Turbo-shaft - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: November 13, 1998 - Certificate issued: April 9, 2003 - Last registry action: May 1, 2006 - Mode S code: A7CB7B - Owner when cancelled: [Ge Business Financial Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GE%20BUSINESS%20FINANCIAL%20SERVICES%20INC) - Location: [Danbury, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Danbury) - Owner type: Non-citizen corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.3778° N, 73.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06810, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601FH - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=601FH - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601FH-2008-08-06 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 Eurocopter Deutschland EC135P1: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec135p1.md ## Service difficulty reports (16) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR BAQA094260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA094260), May 4, 2004: INDICATOR. INOPERATIVE. INDICATOR LIGHTING DIM. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 05/05/2004 - [SDR BAQA094804](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA094804), Apr 27, 2004: BUSS TIE. OPEN. CDS HAS BUSS TIE OPEN, UNIT WILL NOT TEST. HARDCARD ENCLOSED. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 05/25/2004 - [SDR BAQA093756](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA093756), Apr 12, 2004: MOUNT. LEAKING. GEARBOX MOUNT IS LEAKING EXCESSIVLEY (FLAT). REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT FROM AEC, 04/19/2004 - [SDR BAQA094061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA094061), Apr 9, 2004: PUMP. FAILED. FUEL PUMP FAILED OUT OF BOX (TSI 4.3 HOURS), RUNS FOR APPROX. 30 SECONDS THEN POPS CIRCUIT BREAKER. A REPLACMENT FOR THIS PUMP WAS ORDERED. REPLACED WITH SERVIC - [SDR BAQA094196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA094196), Apr 6, 2004: PUMP. INTERMITTENT. FUEL PUMP HAS INTERMITTENT OPERATION, POPPING CIRCUIT BREAKER. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM AEC, 04/19/2004 - [SDR BAQA092485](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA092485), Jan 30, 2004: DISPLAY. INTERMITTENT. CENTRAL DISPLAY UNIT INTERMITTENTLY BLACKS OUT WHEN POWER TURNED ON. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/13/2004 - [SDR BAQA091880](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA091880), Dec 28, 2003: MOUNT. DISCHARGED. MAIN ROTOR MOUNT DEPRESSURIZED. PART REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 01/09/2004 - [SDR BAQA091231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA091231), Nov 29, 2003: CONTROL UNIT. INOPERATIVE. CONTROL UNIT HAS 5 VOC INOPERATIVE. PART REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 01/08/2004 - [SDR BAQA090689](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA090689), Nov 12, 2003: BLOWER. INOPERATIVE. EVAPORATOR BLOWER INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR BAQA090130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA090130), Oct 17, 2003: GEARBOX. FAILED. 90 DEGREE GEARBOX HAS NO OUTPUT. UNIT LASTED ONLY 244.4 HOURS SINCE INSTALLED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. UNIT SENT DIRECTLY FROM ORLANDO, FL TO METRO AVIA - [SDR BAQA089312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA089312), Sep 30, 2003: CDU. INOPERATIVE. TOP SEGMENTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR BAQA089526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA089526), Sep 23, 2003: BLADE. CONTAMINATED. REQUEST WARRANTY REPAIR . WATER IN BLADE. PART HAS ONLY 460.0 HOURS ON IT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE RENTAL. - [SDR BAQA088269](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA088269), Aug 1, 2003: MOUNT. LEAKING. MAIN ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNT LEAKING. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR BAQA086237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA086237), Apr 22, 2003: STUD. BROKEN. WEIGHT STUD BROKE AT CUTTER KEY HOLE. BLADE INSTALLED BUT NEVER FLOWN. MECHANIC WENT TO ADJUST WEIGHT AND FOUND THE STUD BROKE. BLADE SENT TO BE REPAIRED UNDER - [SDR BAQA085938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA085938), Apr 9, 2003: INDICATOR. INACCURATE. NR 1 TOT READS 800 WHEN ENGINE IS COLD. NO HARD CARD AVAILABLE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR BAQA085906](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA085906), Apr 3, 2003: PUMP. LEAKING. EXCHANGE. HYDRAULIC PUMP, LEAKING. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. ## 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 NYC06MA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06MA131), May 30, 2006: Eurocopter EC-135P1 (N601FH), Washington, DC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The operator's inadequate training program and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter following his inadvertent disabling of the No. 1 and then the No. 2 engine full authority… ## 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 20060530012009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530012009A), May 30, 2006: Urocop EC135P1 (N601FH), Washington, DC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 30, 2006, at 165 EDT, a Eurocopter 135P1, N601FH, serial number 0069, registered to merrill lynch business financial services inc., operated by… ## Other aircraft with N601FH - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601FH): Holdgate Irvin F ZODIAC CH 601XLB, S/N 6-4426 --- 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.