# N612AZ: 1965 Sikorsky S-61N, registration cancelled 2017-05-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 23, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-61N](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61n) (registry code 8142104)
- Engine: [GE CT58-140-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct58-140-1) (registry code 30128)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1H15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H15), [TCDS 1E3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 61297
- Year built: 1965
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 10, 2007
- Certificate issued: June 29, 2007
- Last registry action: June 15, 2010
- Mode S code: A7F644
- Owner when cancelled: [Carson Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CARSON%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Grants Pass, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Grants%20Pass)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.5356° N, 123.3384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97526, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N612AZ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=612AZ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N612AZ-2017-05-23

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-61N: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61n.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

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

- [SDR C4N2008F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C4N2008F00000), Jul 21, 2008: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. MAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP DETECTOR ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. (K) AFTER LANDING, INSPECTION FOUND CHIP PLUG LEAD HAD FALLEN OFF CHIP DETECTOR. LEAD WAS REINSTALLED, AC

## 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 LAX08PA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08PA259), Aug 6, 2008: Sikorsky S-61N (N612AZ), Weaverville, CA, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: The following actions by Carson Helicopters: 1) the intentional understatement of the helicopter's empty weight, 2) the alteration of the power available chart to exaggerate the helicopter's lift…

## 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 20080805857529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080805857529A), Aug 5, 2008: Skrsky S61N (N612AZ), Redding, CA, Destroyed, 9 fatal. On August 5, 2008, at approximately 1940 pacific dayligt time, a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter, N612AZ, operated by carson helicopter servics inc., under contract…

## Other aircraft with N612AZ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N612AZ): Rolling Acres SLING TSI, S/N 545SK, built 2025

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