N72EX is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Sikorsky S-76B built in 1991. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 8, 2022. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
N72EX is reserved by a private party since January 8, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Sikorsky S-76B cancelled January 8, 2022
- Serial number
- 760379
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1991
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 3, 2015
- Last FAA action
- April 10, 2018
- Last owner
- Island Express Holding CORP (Corporation)
Van Nuys, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N72EX
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S76 · serial 760379
The pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s likely self-induced pressure and the pilot’s plan continuation bias, which adversely affected his decision-making, and Island Express Helicopters Inc.’s inadequate review and oversight of its safety management processes.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site