N6962R1968 Sikorsky S-64E
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
- Helicopter Express LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Chamblee, GA
- Certificate issued
- May 6, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 13, 2008
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
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S-64E
- Year
- 1968
- Serial number
- 64058
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 3
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A943AE
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Jftd12a-4a
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 4500 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2024 – nowHelicopter Express LLCChamblee, GA · current
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.
Accident history for this modelADs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-23-07 | Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated Helicopters (Type Certificate Previously Held by… | Dec 27, 2013 | Airframe (S-64E)Only with: Main rotor blade assembly P/N 6415-20201-043, -045, -047, -048, -049, -050, or -051; or 6415-20601-041 through -052 installed. |
| 97-19-10 | Sikorsky Aircraft-Manufactured Model S- 64E Helicopters | Oct 17, 1997 | Airframe (S-64E)Only with: Main gearbox assembly second stage lower planetary plate P/N 6435-20229-102, 6435-20229-102-TS-107 (after rework), or 6435-20229-104 installed. |
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.
- Engine · blade · brokenApr 29, 2021
AT SHUTDOWN PILOTS FELT VIBRATION AND HEARD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION MAINTENANCE FOUND INTERNAL FOD IN TAILPIPE. AFTER REMOVING ENGINE, MAINTENANCE FOUND 2ND STAGE N1 TURBINE BLADE HAD FAILED. ENGINE WAS SENT TO THIS REPAIR STATION FOR REPAIR. ENGINE TC HOLDER NOTIFIED. UNDER INVESTIGATION. NOTE =…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Tail rotor drive · bearing · making metalFeb 16, 2000
AFTER A HALF-HOUR GROUND RUN AND 0.5 FLIGHT, FOUND A LARGE VOLUME OF DISCOLORED (PURPLE IN APPEARANCE) AND METAL CONTAMINATED GREASE HAD EXTRUDED PAST THE BEARING SEAL AND WAS FOUND ON THE A/C DECK UNDER THE BEARING. THE BEARING WAS NOT HOT TO THE TOUCH AT THAT TIME. ESTIMATED GREASE LOSS WAS 5…
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