N11021964 Sud Aviation SA315B LAMA
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Essential Flight Operations LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Arlington, WA
- Certificate issued
- Jun 21, 2021
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard, Restricted, Agriculture and Pest Control
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 15, 2024
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Sud Aviation
- Model
- SA315B LAMA
- Year
- 1964
- Serial number
- 1918-19
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H1IN
- Mode S code
- A02ED1
Engine
- Make and model
- Turbomeca Artousteiiib
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 858 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2021 – nowEssential Flight Operations LLCArlington, WA · current
- 1980Noga Commodities Overseas INCNew York, NY · different airframe: 1978 Grumman G-1159 S/N 231
- 1973M-K Aerospace IndustriesBurbank, CA · different airframe: Lockheed 1649a-98 S/N 1001
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- 1931Transcontinental & Western Air INCWilmington, DE · different airframe: Ford 4-At-A S/N 7
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (4)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-19-11 | Turbomeca S.A. Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D Turboshaft Engines | Oct 9, 2007 | Engine (ARTOUSTEIIIB) |
| 2007-01-04 | Turbomeca Artouste III B and III B1 Turboshaft Engines | Jan 25, 2007 | Engine (ARTOUSTEIIIB)Only with: Engines fitted with a fuel pipe, part number 0 202 12 800 0. |
| 2006-04-15 | Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D Turboshaft Engines | Mar 14, 2006 | Engine (ARTOUSTEIIIB) |
| 2005-17-06 | Turbomeca Artouste III Series Turboshaft Engines | Sep 27, 2005 | Engine (ARTOUSTEIIIB) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026