{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2017-10-07","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Forest; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-02-15","city":"CRESTLINE","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Disclaimer","doc_type_code":"DIS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-16"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-16"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"30168","engine_horsepower":1561,"engine_maker":"GE","engine_model":"T700-GE-700","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-07","maker":"Sikorsky","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SIKORSKY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8146004","mode_s_code":"52650675","mode_s_hex":"AB51BD","model":"UH-60A","n_number":"N8286","name":"HIGH PERFORMANCE HELICOPTERS CORP","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MILFORD","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-05-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI92DCD04","probable_cause":"A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON AS THE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS.","registration":"N8286","state":"IA","summary":"Accident on May 6, 1992 at Milford, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GRAFTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-06-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN87LA146","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8286","state":"ND","summary":"Accident on June 9, 1987 at Grafton, ND: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to High Performance Helicopters CORP, a corporation, certificate issued February 15, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 79-23286 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"2 documents received recently: Disclaimer (September 16, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 16, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"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.","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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":15,"serial_number":"79-23286","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 390","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"01232110","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8286","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"923250390"}