# Steele David L SAFARI HELICOPTER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05610IQ
- Manufacturer (registry): STEELE DAVID L
- Model: SAFARI HELICOPTER
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-david-l-safari-helicopter

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 SEA05LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA163), Aug 4, 2005: Steele Safari (N13MA), Leavenworth, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the tail rotor drive shaft during cruise flight. Factors include soft, grassy terrain at the location where the pilot executed the autorotational landing.

## 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 20050804017489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804017489A), Aug 4, 2005: SAFARI (N13MA), Leavenworth, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) After departing cashmere, WA, in cruise flight, a/c developed "buzz" and a momentary "yaw". PIC elected to make an autorotation to an open farmer's…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Freegard Chuck SAFARI HELICOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/freegard-chuck-safari-helicopter): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05614OV
- [Kennedy Gilles SAFARI HELICOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/kennedy-gilles-safari-helicopter): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05640A4
- [Yates W/Lazar M SAFARI HELICOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/yates-w-lazar-m-safari-helicopter): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05610VI

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