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A Sikorsky S-70, the same model family as N821LA
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N821LA

Sikorsky S-70I

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N821LA is a Sikorsky S-70I, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2017. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Consolidated Fire Protection District of la County, a government body in Pacoima, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for market survey, dated December 12, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Sikorsky
Model
S-70I · all S-70Is and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Sikorsky S-70 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
704023
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, 2 motors · Ge T700-GE-701D · 1994 hp
Seats
15
Year built
2017
Transponder code
AB358D (octal 52632615)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 4, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Market surveyFAA certificate purpose code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 12, 2017
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01262594

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Consolidated Fire Protection District of la County
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
12605 Osborne St
Pacoima, CA 91331-2129

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N821LA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Pacoima, CA 55 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,610 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N821LA, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Consolidated Fire Protection District of la County, a government body, certificate issued January 4, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for market survey, dated December 12, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 704023 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N821LA according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N821LA. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data