N168CH1965 Columbia Helicopters INC 107-II
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Columbia Helicopters INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Aurora, OR
- Certificate issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 6, 2019
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
- Columbia Helicopters INC
- Model
- 107-II
- Year
- 1965
- Serial number
- 408
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 28
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- 1H16
- Mode S code
- A10FA0
Engine
- Make and model
- Ge Ct58-140-2
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 1400 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowColumbia Helicopters INCAurora, OR · current
- 1993 – 1995Individual ownerSeletar · different airframe: 1982 Cessna 172p S/N 17275854
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 (2)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-14-10 | Boeing Vertol (Type Certificate Currently Held by Columbia Helicopters, Inc. (CHI)) and… | Aug 7, 2012 | Airframe (107-II)Only with: Upper collective pitch control assembly P/N 107CK003-2 or 107CK002-2 installed. |
| 2001-18-06 | General Electric Company T58 and CT58 Series Turboshaft Engines | Oct 18, 2001 | Engine (CT58-140-2) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Navigation · encoder · arcedOct 21, 2025
AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE, WITH PILOTS REPORTING A BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL, AND DIMMED EHSI. INSPECTED EHSI, AND ASSOCIATED WIRING, FINDING NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE. ULTIMATELY FOUND ALTITUDE ENCODER IN LH AVI CLOSET LOOSE FROM IT'S MOUNT PLATE, AND SIGNS OF ARCING TO GROUND. ENCODER WAS SECURED, AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · fire detector · false activationJun 3, 2025
#1 ENGINE FIRE T-HANDLE ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY AND EXTINGUISHED IN CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR ZAMBOANGA, PHP DURING TRAINING FLIGHT. PILOTS CHECKED FOR SECONDARY INDICATIONS, AND NONE WERE FOUND. THE LIGHT FLICKERED WHILE PILOTS CONTINUED BACK TO BASE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN ZAMBOANGA. REPLACED #1…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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