# N6040U: Aerospatiale AS355F2 ECUREUIL, registration cancelled 1998-04-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 23, 1998
- Exported to: Spain
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aerospatiale AS355F2 ECUREUIL](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as355f2-ecureuil) (registry code 8680812)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 5474
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: May 23, 1997
- Last registry action: May 23, 1997
- Mode S code: A7D886
- 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/N6040U
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6040U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6040U-1998-04-23

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 AS355F2 ECUREUIL: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as355f2-ecureuil.md

## Service difficulty reports (17)

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

- [SDR HEEA0012199](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0012199), Dec 3, 1997: INDICATOR. DEFECTIVE. HIGH RESISTANCE ACROSS RED AND BLUE WIRES.
- [SDR HEEA0010499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0010499), Jul 16, 1997: INDICATOR. READS LOW. DUAL T4 INDICATOR #1 INDICATES LOW OUT OF TOLERANCE.
- [SDR HAIHEEA9527](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAIHEEA9527), Apr 23, 1997: TRANSMITTER. FLUCTUATION. OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER FAULTY. FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE AT IDLE.
- [SDR HAIHEEA9526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAIHEEA9526), Apr 23, 1997: TRANSMITTER. FAILED. PRESSURE TRANSMITTER NOT TRANSMITTING. PRESSURE INDICATING -0-.
- [SDR HAIHEEA9475](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAIHEEA9475), Apr 23, 1997: YOKE. BEARING FAILED. BEARINGS SEPARATED. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE YOKE ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR HEEA968557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA968557), Nov 25, 1996: BATTERY. DEFECTIVE. BATTERY WEAK. INSPECTED BY ACCESSORY SHOP AND FOUND BATTERY WOULD NOT PASS CAPACITY TEST. BATTERY PUT INTO SERVICE 7-12-95.
- [SDR HEEA967584](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA967584), Jul 16, 1996: WHEEL. CRACKED. ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. UPON INSPECTION OF TURBINE PARTS DUE TO LOW POWER ON TEST CELL NOTED THE FOLLOWING: ONSET OF SULPHIDATION ON 20 EACH
- [SDR HEEA966786](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966786), Feb 28, 1996: ENCODER. ERROR. ENCODER 200 FEET OFF AND WILL NOT CALIBRATE.
- [SDR HEEA966685](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966685), Feb 12, 1996: TRANSCEIVER. DEFECTIVE. 2 YEAR INSPECTION DUE. REPLACED WEAK V101 CAVITY OSCILLATOR, WEAK V301 PHOTO DETECTOR AND DETERIORATED R477 RESISTOR. ADJUSTED AND BENCH CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR HEEA966652](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966652), Feb 6, 1996: TRANSMITTER. FAILED. FUEL GAUGE READS "0".
- [SDR HEEA966612](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966612), Feb 5, 1996: TRANSMITTER. FAILED. FUEL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER DROPS TO ZERO PRESSURE.
- [SDR HEEA966545](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966545), Jan 29, 1996: ARMATURE. SHORTED. INSTALLED ARMATURE IN STARTER GEN. WHEN PUT ON TEST, BRUSHES WERE ARCHING EXCESSIVELY. FOUND ARMATURE COMMENTATOR SHORTED OUT.
- [SDR HEEA955646](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA955646), Aug 31, 1995: TRANSCEIVER. DEFECTIVE. VERY LOUD STATIC NOISE ON ALL FREQUENCIES.
- [SDR HEEA955379](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA955379), Jul 20, 1995: BALLJOINT. WORN. TEFLON WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE BALL JOINT.
- [SDR HEEA955349](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA955349), Jul 11, 1995: TRANSMITTER. DEFECTIVE. PRESSURE DROPS TO ZERO IN FLIGHT. (INTERMITTENTLY) TIME SINCE REPAIR 262:50.
- [SDR HEEA954881](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA954881), Apr 25, 1995: TRANSMITTER. FAILED. NO INDICATION ON GAUGE. TIME SINCE REPAIR 516:55.
- [SDR HEEA954287](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA954287), Jan 6, 1995: SENSOR ASSY. BROKEN PLUG. AUTO RELIGHT COMES ON DURING FLIGHT. FOUND BROKEN CANNON PLUG.

## Other aircraft with N6040U

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6040U): Tukan 2 PLACE, S/N 001, built 2006

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