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N72EX

Cancelled 2022

Deregistered aircraft · 1991 Sikorsky S-76B · Pratt & Whitney PT6 series

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Cancelled: January 8, 2022
Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
Serial number: 760379
Year built: 1991
Type: Rotorcraft
Engine: Turbo-prop
Airworthiness: Standard, transport
Airworthiness date: May 30, 1991
Certificate issued: September 3, 2015
Last registry action: April 10, 2018
Mode S code: A9A1AD
Owner when cancelled: Island Express Holding Corp
Location: Van Nuys, CA
Owner type: Corporation

Airframe modelSikorsky S-76BTCDS H1NE · ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered now Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA registry file of October 27, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners’ street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

NTSB investigations · 1

Matched to this aircraft by N72EX and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

NTSB DCA20MA059Accident · 9 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportCalabasas, CAThe pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s likely self-induced pressure…Jan 26, 2020 · Destroyed

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N72EX and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Accident 20200126001589ADescent · Calabasas, CAOn January 26, 2020, at 0945 pacific standard time (PST), a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, N72EX, Collided with hilly terrain near the city of Calabasas, California. The pilot and eight passengers Were fatally injured, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact…Jan 26, 2020 · Destroyed · 9 fatal