Serial numbers of foreign military rotorcraft and rotorcraft that have been reported to be destroyed and are not eligible for certification. Destroyed Helicopters FAA Order 8020.11A, "Aircraft Accident and Incident Notification, Investigation, and Reporting," dated August 2, 1991, defines destroyed aircraft as "aircraft damaged to the extent that it would be impracticable to return the aircraft to an airworthy condition." The NTSB Aviation Accident and Incident Data System li

NOTICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION N 8900.390 Effective Date: National Policy 11/23/16 Cancellation Date: 11/23/17 SUBJ: Restricted Category Civil Aircraft Operating Limitations 1. Purpose of this Notice. This notice introduces a new Certificate of Waiver (CoW) paragraph to be issued for restricted category civil aircraft via the Web-based Operations Safety System (WebOPSS) and provides guidance to Federal Aviation Administration (F

Making sense of restricted category exerpt from Vertical Daily News Posted on March 16, 2016 by Jason Colquhoun Operators such as PJ Helicopters of Red Bluff, Calif., represent a new generation of utility operators making use of proven ex-military platforms in restricted category operations — in this case, using the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Skip Robinson Photo. The last few years have seen two storied military platforms — the Boeing CH-47D Chinook and Sikorsky UH-60 Black H

​DALLAS, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) company, remains committed to serving the growing technical and logistical support needs of more than 30 commercial operators who have acquired surplus UH-60A model helicopters from the U.S. Government. Sikorsky held an annual meeting with commercial Black Hawk operators during Heli-EXPO, the world's largest helicopter trade show and exposition organized by the Helicopter Association International.