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N8286

Sikorsky UH-60A

Valid California

N8286 is a Sikorsky UH-60A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1979. It has 15 seats. It is registered to High Performance Helicopters CORP, a corporation in Crestline, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 15, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; other, dated October 7, 2017. 2 documents are on file: disclaimer, bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Sikorsky
Model
UH-60A · all UH-60As and related versions
Serial number
79-23286
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 2 motors · Ge T700-GE-700 · 1561 hp
Seats
15
Year built
1979
Transponder code
AB51BD (octal 52650675)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 15, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Forest; Other · October 7, 2017
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01232110

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
High Performance Helicopters CORP
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 390
Crestline, CA 92325-0390

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 2

2026-09-16Disclaimer
2026-09-16Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

1992-12-14Hiller UH-12E · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N8286, 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 High Performance Helicopters CORP, a corporation, certificate issued February 15, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 7, 2017, 38 years after the 1979 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 79-23286 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8286 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hiller UH-12E (serial 1543, cancelled December 14, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

2 documents received recently: Disclaimer (September 16, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 16, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N8286: Accident on May 6, 1992 at Milford, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 9, 1987 at Grafton, ND: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

CHI92DCD04Accident on May 6, 1992 at Milford, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1543

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 137

A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON AS THE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI92DCD04 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

DEN87LA146Accident on June 9, 1987 at Grafton, ND: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1543

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN87LA146 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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.

Request the full report for N8286What the full report adds

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data