Sikorsky S-58ET
N1168U is a Sikorsky S-58ET, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1958. It has 14 seats. It is registered to Heli-Flite INC, a corporation in Corona, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 29, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S-58ET · all S-58ETs and related versions
- Serial number
- 58-1070
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6T-6 · 925 hp
- Seats
- 14
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- A04600 (octal 50043000)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 20, 2021
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 29, 2003
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00951220
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Heli-Flite INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1965 Aviation Dr # F
Corona, CA 92878-8709
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1168U, 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 Heli-Flite INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 20, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 29, 2003, 45 years after the 1958 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 58-1070 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1168U according to the deregistered file. [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 N1168U: Accident on September 11, 2019 at Azusa, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 15, 1989 at Santa Ana, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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 S58 · operated under 091
The in-flight separation of a section of the tail rotor blade due to a fatigue crack, which resulted in the pilot’s forced autorotation into a field.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR19LA255 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S-58ET · operated under 135
FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE LOADING DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, AND FATIGUE CRACKING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX89FA160 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data