{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-07-11","city":"PACOIMA","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Sikorsky","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SIKORSKY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8140711","mode_s_code":"50171251","mode_s_hex":"A0F2A9","model":"S-70A","n_number":"N160LA","name":"COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT AIR OPERATIONS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Calabasas","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-05-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX05TA156","probable_cause":"fatigue of the forward keeper due to known flaws in the manufacturing process.","registration":"N160LA","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 4, 2005 at Calabasas, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Pacoima","damage":"MINR","date":"2004-08-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX04IA311","probable_cause":"the failure of the operator's mechanics to install the turboshaft engine's forward curvic seal during a gas generator turbine (GGT) replacement.  Contributing factors to the incident were the failure of the manufacturer to provide a forward curvic seal with the replacement GGT, and the lack of a curvic seal installation verification inspection in the maintenance manuals following the GGT installation.","registration":"N160LA","state":"CA","summary":"Incident on August 30, 2004 at Pacoima, CA: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N160LA is a Sikorsky S-70A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 39 seats. It is registered to County Of Los Angeles Fire Dept Air Operations, a government body in Pacoima, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2011 and expires on July 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to County Of Los Angeles Fire Dept Air Operations, a government body, certificate issued July 11, 2011, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 702453 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N160LA according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N160LA: Accident on May 4, 2005 at Calabasas, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on August 30, 2004 at Pacoima, CA: no injuries, minor damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":39,"serial_number":"702453","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"LACOFD AIR OPS/BARTON HELIPORT","street2":"12605 OSBORNE ST","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00534034","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N160LA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"913312129"}