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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Sud Aviation SA316B ALOUETTE III
N8655 is a Sud Aviation SA316B ALOUETTE III, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 16, 1972.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sud Aviation
- Model
- SA316B ALOUETTE III
- Serial number
- 1728
- 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, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB · 858 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 77 mph
- Transponder code
- ABE471 (octal 52762161)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 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 · May 16, 1972
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00042381
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rosenburg Adrian
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 471
Laupahoehoe, HI 96764-0471
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8655 links to the rest of the register
- Sud Aviation 13 aircraft on the register
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARTOUSTEIIIB 10 aircraft with this engine series · 858 hp
- Type certificate H1IN · held by Airbus Helicopters
- Laupahoehoe, HI 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Hawaii 696 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N8655, 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 Rosenburg Adrian, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 16, 1972, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1728 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8655 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 N8655: Accident on March 13, 1984 at Story, WY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale SA-316B · operated under 135
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data