# N6187C: Hughes OH-6A, registration cancelled 2008-07-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 8, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Hughes OH-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (registry code 4470905)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 68-17154
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: May 19, 1993
- Last registry action: May 20, 2008
- Mode S code: A80FC6
- Owner when cancelled: [United States Border Patrol Air Operations](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20STATES%20BORDER%20PATROL%20AIR%20OPERATIONS)
- Location: [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 31.8090° N, 106.4195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79906, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6187C
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6187C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6187C-2008-07-08

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 Hughes OH-6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a.md

## 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 LAX99GA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99GA216), Jun 15, 1999: Hughes OH-6A (N6187C), Tucson, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion resulting from pilot's failure to perform adequate fuel consumption calculations. The unreliable and inoperative fuel level indicating system components and the operator's operation…

## 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 19990615007109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990615007109A), Jun 15, 1999: Hughes OH6A (N6187C), Tucson, AZ, Destroyed. U.S. Border patrol air operations Hughes OH-6A helicopter was on short final to rwy 03 when the pilot stated that the engine had quit, and the acft crashed…

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