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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2
N503DS is a Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to 503 Delta Sierra LLC, an LLC in Silsbee, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 6, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Helicopteres Guimbal
- Model
- CABRI G2 · all CABRI G2s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A composite light helicopter. This is how the Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 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
- 1099
- 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 O-360-J2A · 145 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- A64571 (octal 51442561)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 19, 2019
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 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 · October 6, 2015
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01193130
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- 503 Delta Sierra LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6652 Ben D Smith Rd
Silsbee, TX 77656-6906
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N503DS links to the rest of the register
- Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 69 registered
- Helicopteres Guimbal 69 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360-J2A 254 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- Type certificate R00005RD · held by Helicopteres Guimbal
- 503 Delta Sierra LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Silsbee, TX 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 13 airworthiness directives
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-J2A 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-J2A 274 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N503DS, 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 503 Delta Sierra LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 19, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 6, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1099 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N503DS 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]
1 NTSB record under N503DS: Accident on January 30, 2016 at Beaumont, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind during a hover-taxi and his failure to maintain helicopter control due to a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data