# N72EX: 1991 Sikorsky S-76B, registration cancelled 2022-01-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 8, 2022
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-76B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b) (registry code 8143007)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (registry code 52033)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760379
- Year built: 1991
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: 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](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ISLAND%20EXPRESS%20HOLDING%20CORP)
- Location: [Van Nuys, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Van%20Nuys)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.1975° N, 118.4890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 91406, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72EX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72EX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72EX-2022-01-08

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-76B: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b.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 DCA20MA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20MA059), Jan 26, 2020: Sikorsky S76 (N72EX), Calabasas, CA, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

## 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 20200126001589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200126001589A), Jan 26, 2020: Sikorsky S-76B (N72EX), Calabasas, CA, Destroyed, 9 fatal. On January 26, 2020, at 0945 pacific standard time (PST), a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, N72EX, Collided with hilly terrain near the city of Calabasas,…

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