# N6187Y: Hughes OH-6A, registration cancelled 2005-02-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 16, 2005
- 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: 69-16038
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: April 13, 1994
- Last registry action: May 14, 2002
- Mode S code: A80FDA
- 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/N6187Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6187Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6187Y-2005-02-16

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 FTW00TA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00TA116), Apr 13, 2000: Hughes OH-6A (N6187Y), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain rotor rpm during an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the partial loss of engine power resulting from the separation of the power…

## Other aircraft with N6187Y

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6187Y): Cessna 206H, S/N 20608309, built 2008
- [Cancelled 1994-03-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6187Y-1994-03-24): Hughes OH-6A, S/N 6916006. Owner: [U S Border Patrol I&Ns](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/U%20S%20BORDER%20PATROL%20I%26NS), [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)

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