{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-03","city":"DENTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","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":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-03","maker":"Sikorsky","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SIKORSKY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8141835","mode_s_code":"53013546","mode_s_hex":"AC1766","model":"UH-60L","n_number":"N8787L","name":"PICKERING AVIAITON INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MEXICO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1993-05-19","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI93LA175","probable_cause":"a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.  A factor in the accident was the soft field landing site.","registration":"N8787L","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on May 19, 1993 at Mexico, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LAS CRUCES","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-07-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN91LA088","probable_cause":"POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION.  A FACTOR WAS:  PILOT'S INADEQUATE AIRPLANE PREFLIGHT.","registration":"N8787L","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on July 9, 1991 at Las Cruces, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FISK","damage":"DEST","date":"1982-08-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MKC82DA154","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8787L","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on August 20, 1982 at Fisk, MO: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8787L is a Sikorsky UH-60L, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 18 seats. It is registered to Pickering Aviaiton INC, a corporation in Denton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 3, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. 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 Pickering Aviaiton INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 3, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. 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 95-26626 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8787L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 25-5473, cancelled May 15, 2013). 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":"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":"3 NTSB records under N8787L: Accident on May 19, 1993 at Mexico, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 9, 1991 at Las Cruces, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 20, 1982 at Fisk, MO: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":18,"serial_number":"95-26626","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3825 MARKET ST STE 121","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"01567372","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8787L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"762095014"}