# N917QS: Sikorsky S-76A, registration cancelled 2008-11-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 14, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Sikorsky S-76A](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (registry code 8143006)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760217
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 19, 1982
- Certificate issued: January 29, 2001
- Last registry action: January 16, 2007
- Mode S code: ACB21B
- Owner when cancelled: [Air Logistics LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20LOGISTICS%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/N917QS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=917QS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917QS-2008-11-14

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

## Service difficulty reports (13)

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

- [SDR ALG2006F00030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00030), Mar 17, 2006: ENGINE. OIL CONSUMPTION. ON FINAL APPROACH, NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED FLUCTUATING. AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED ENGINE AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE ENGINE DUE TO 
- [SDR ALG2006F00027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00027), Mar 13, 2006: CHIN BUBBLE. DAMAGED. STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT. FLOCK OF BIRDS SPOTTED COMING TOWARD FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. PILOT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION, LT CLIMB. ONE BIRD STRUCK CO-PILOT`S CHIN BUBBLE. 
- [SDR ALG2006F00010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00010), Jan 25, 2006: RELAY. INOPERATIVE. AFTER TAKEOFF, MAIN LANDING GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT CLEAR. REMOVED AND REPLACED RELAY K18 WITH SERVICEABLE PART. C/W RETRACTION CHECK. ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED GOOD. (K
- [SDR ALG2006F00001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00001), Dec 21, 2005: BRACKET. LOOSE. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO A HOVER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND BRACKET HOLDING DOWNLOCK PROXIMITY LOOSE TIGH
- [SDR ALG2006F00000](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2006F00000), Dec 21, 2005: BRACKET. LOOSE. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO A HOVER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND BRACKET HOLDING DOWN LOCK PROXIMITY LOOSE TIG
- [SDR ALG2005F00070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2005F00070), Aug 10, 2005: RELAY. INOPERATIVE. DURING THE START PROCEDURE, THE TRANSMISSION FIRE LIGHT AND HORN ACTIVATED. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. THE K3 RELAY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. AC GROUND CHECKED G
- [SDR ALG2004F00034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2004F00034), Jun 15, 2004: CONNECTOR. DIRTY. AFTER TAKEOFF AND ENTERING CRUISE FLIGHT THE NR 2 SERVO SYSTEM CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER UTILIZING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH LIGHT, LA
- [SDR ALG2003F00072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2003F00072), Sep 9, 2003: SQUAT SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING TAKE OFF PHASE, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, RETURNED TO ARA FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED WEIGHT ON WHEEL SWITCH IAW S76 MM.
- [SDR ALGA087758](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA087758), Jun 25, 2003: SEAL. LEAKING. TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX OUTPUT SEAL LEAKED WHEN RUN-UP ON TEST STAND.
- [SDR ALG2002F00005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2002F00005), Dec 22, 2001: BRUSHES. DISINTEGRATED. PILOT WRITE UP AT END OF DAY. WHEN START BUTTON IS DEPRESSED (NR 2 ENGINE) STARTER CHATTERS AND HAS GRINDING NOISE. WHEN RELEASED AND DEPRESSED AGAIN, A FAIRLY 
- [SDR ALG2001F00013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALG2001F00013), May 16, 2001: GEAR. CORRODED. UPON REMOVAL FROM BOX AND VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION PITTING ON GEAR SURFACE, GEAR TEETH, AND BEARING JOURNAL. C/W BLACK OXIDE PROCEDURE AT FACTORY BEFO
- [SDR 99ZZZX2442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX2442), May 1, 1999: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION REPAIRS. SEVERE CORROSION FOUND BETWEEN UPPER ENGINE LONGERONS LEFT AND RIGHT, AND OUTER SKIN PANELS IN AN INACCESSIBLE AREA. STA 250 THROUGH STA 300.
- [SDR 99ZZZX747](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX747), Feb 15, 1998: BLADE. BROKEN. AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED ON PLATFORM OFFSHORE. ALL MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE SECURED USING SIKORSKY TIE DOWN CLAMPS. WINDS OF 80+ MPH CAUSED ONE M/R BLADE TO BREAK OFF

## Other aircraft with N917QS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917QS): Textron 680A, S/N 680A0338, built 2023

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