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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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S-55 · all S-55s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Sikorsky S-55 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 55433
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 85 mph
- Transponder code
- A031C6 (octal 50030706)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2011
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 29, 1982
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00583382
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Weeks Kermit A
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N111VA links to the rest of the register
- Sikorsky S-55 15 registered
- Sikorsky 825 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Type certificate 1H4 · held by California Helicopter Airways INC
- Polk City, FL 153 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,699 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Sikorsky S-55 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Sikorsky S-55 3 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Sikorsky S-55 18 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N111VA.json.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Britten-Norman BN-2A · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data