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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK6B
N17H is a Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK6B, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation in Rochelle, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2003 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 6, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Continental Copters Inc
- Model
- TOMCAT MK6B
- Serial number
- 13
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1947
- Transponder code
- A11783 (octal 50213603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2003
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 6, 1976
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00662250
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hendrickson Flying Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 21532 Quitno Rd
Rochelle, IL 61068-9413
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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 N17H links to the rest of the register
- Continental Copters Inc 15 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate H5SW · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Hendrickson Flying Service INC 21 aircraft in the fleet
- Rochelle, IL 39 aircraft registered in this town
- Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field · RPJ
- Illinois 8,067 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N17H, 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 Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 18, 2003, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 6, 1976, 29 years after the 1947 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 13 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N17H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ryan Aircraft B-5 (serial 202, cancelled January 30, 1940). 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]
3 NTSB records under N17H: Accident on August 7, 2016 at Sparland, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 15, 2010 at Blackstone, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 25, 1992 at Punta Gorda, FL: substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Continental Copters INC. TOMCAT MK6B · operated under 137
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and a forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6B · operated under 137
The helicopter encountered a dust devil at a low altitude during the aerial application flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6B · operated under PUBU
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data