# N717AL: 1982 Sikorsky S-76A, registration cancelled 2010-08-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 3, 2010
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-76A](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (registry code 8143006)
- Engine: [Allison 250-C20 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (registry code 03020)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1NE), [TCDS E4CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E4CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760221
- Year built: 1982
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 24, 1997
- Certificate issued: June 22, 2007
- Last registry action: February 4, 2010
- Mode S code: A99619
- Owner when cancelled: [Bristow US LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BRISTOW%20US%20LLC)
- Location: [New Iberia, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/New%20Iberia)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.9367° N, 91.8653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 70560, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N717AL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=717AL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717AL-2010-08-03

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 Sikorsky S-76A: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a.md

## Service difficulty reports (10)

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

- [SDR ALG2006F00013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00013), Jan 22, 2006: CONNECTOR. OPEN. THE NR 2 N1 GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO. ENGINE OUT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HORN SOUNDED. CLEANED CONNECTOR PLUGS WITH ELECTRICAL CONTACT CLEANER. GROUND RUN EVERYTHING
- [SDR ALG2006F00016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00016), Jan 18, 2006: WIRE. CHAFED. IN FLIGHT NR 1 ENGINE GAUGE DECREASED TO 360C. RETURNED TO BASE AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CHAFED WIRE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CONNEC
- [SDR ALG2005F00110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00110), Nov 18, 2005: CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRIPPED. AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. FOUND LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER NOT
- [SDR ALG2005F00072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00072), Sep 30, 2005: LINK. INOPERATIVE. AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND ALL GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A RADIO CALL THAT THE MAIN LANDING WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. AIR
- [SDR ALG2003F00095](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2003F00095), Sep 5, 2003: CHIP DETECTOR. CONTAMINATED. ON CLIMB OUT, ON MISSED APPROACH OFF ILS LAKE CHARLES, NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE PILOT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PORCEDURE CHECKLIST AND THE LANDING WAS 
- [SDR ALGA087757](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA087757), Jun 25, 2003: SEAL. LEAKING. TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX INPUT SEAL LEAKED WHEN RUN-UP ON TEST STAND.
- [SDR ALG2003F00006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2003F00006), Dec 16, 2002: LINK. OUT OF ADJUST. AFTER TAKE OFF, THE UNSAFE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT AFTER THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. UPON LANDING THE MECHANIC ADJUSTED THE LT MAIN GEAR DOOR AT EXPLOSIVE LI
- [SDR ALG2003F00048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2003F00048), Oct 6, 2002: LINK ASSY. INOPERATIVE. DURING LANDING, WHEN PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, HE HEARD AN AUDIBLE THUMP, DURING HOVER ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED TO HIM THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN. TH
- [SDR ALG2002F00008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2002F00008), Feb 25, 2002: SMOKE DETECTOR. FAILED. ON ENGINE START, FOUND BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR FAILED TEST.
- [SDR 20001215SH041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001215SH041), Oct 30, 2000: MAST. CRACKED. WHILE INVESTIGATING AN OIL LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF THE MAIN GEARBOX, THE MAST WAS FOUND CRACKED ALMOST HALFWAY AROUND ITS CIRCUMFERENCE. THE CRACK IS LOC

## Other aircraft with N717AL

- [Cancelled 2020-11-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717AL-2020-11-17): Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, S/N 1484. Exported to San Marino. Owner: [Strong Tower Services LLC Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STRONG%20TOWER%20SERVICES%20LLC%20TRUSTEE), [New Castle, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/New%20Castle)

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