N971SK is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Sikorsky S-97A built in 2014. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 6, 2021. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Sikorsky S-97A cancelled March 6, 2021
- Serial number
- 0001
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 2014
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 3, 2014
- Last FAA action
- August 1, 2017
- Last owner
- Sikorsky Aircraft CORP (Corporation)
West Palm Beach, FL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development
NTSB accident and incident record under N971SK
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S-97A · serial 0001
A design change in the helicopter's fly-by-wire control system that resulted in an increase in the sensitivity of the cyclic stick while transitioning from ground to flight mode, magnifying the pilot's control inputs, which resulted in unintentional over control in the roll axis, upper and lower main rotor contact, and damage to the rotor blades.
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