N40CU1989 Boeing CH-47D
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Uc Helitanker 1 LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Arcadia, CA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 31, 2019
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and Development, Exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 29, 2020
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
- Boeing
- Model
- CH-47D
- Year
- 1989
- Serial number
- 89-0169
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 44
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Mode S code
- A4AA8D
Engine
- Make and model
- Honeywell T55-Ga-714a
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 4,860 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2019 – nowUc Helitanker 1 LLCArcadia, CA · current
- 2011Cirrus Design CorpDuluth, MN · different airframe: 2011 Cirrus Sr20 S/N 2107
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
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.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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.
- Fuselage · filter housing · leakingJul 23, 2022
#2 ENGINE FILTER BOWL CRACKED. FOUND DURING AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN. OIL LEAKING FROM FACE OF OIL FILTER BOWL. AIRCRAFT CYCLES, FILTER HOUSING TT, TC, TS_ AND ENGINE TC AND TS_ ARE ALL UNK. FORM WOULD NOT LET ME PUT UNK.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Main rotor · none · brokenJan 11, 2022
MAIN ROTOR HUB PN: 145R2004-20, SN: A5-223 WAS REMOVED FROM N40CU AT 8721.8 TAFT FOR OVERHAUL. DURING PRELIMINARY STEPS FOR DISASSEMBLY, WHILE DRAINING AND REMOVING ALL THE SAFETY WIRE FROM THE GREEN HORIZONTAL HINGE PIN AND OIL HUB FILL CAP, TOP HALF OF HORIZONTAL HINGE PIN SHAFT BOLT (PN:…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026