Sikorsky S-55
N111VA is a Sikorsky S-55, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1953. It has 12 seats. It is registered to an individual in Polk City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2011 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 29, 1982.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S-55 · all S-55s and related versions
- Serial number
- 55433
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 85 mph
- Transponder code
- A031C6 (octal 50030706)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2011
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 29, 1982
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00583382
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Weeks Kermit A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1400 Broadway Blvd SE
Polk City, FL 33868-9109
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N111VA, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Weeks Kermit A, an individual, certificate issued November 7, 2011, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 29, 1982, 29 years after the 1953 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 55433 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N111VA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A (serial 215, cancelled October 5, 1989). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N111VA: Accident on August 26, 2006 at Paramount, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 5, 1988 at Sitka, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S-55 · operated under 091
the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX06LA280 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Britten-Norman BN-2A · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA88FA167 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data