N153GC
Eurocopter EC 130 B4 · built 2010
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2010 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N153GC.
- July 22, 1983Accident
DURING GEAR RETRACTION THE PCT NOTICED A CRACKING SOUND FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN THE CABIN WHICH WAS ALLWVIATED BY THE REAR VENT BLOWER. THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE FAILED TO ENGAGE & ANEMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THERIGHT GEAR DOOR CLOSED BEFORE GEAR RETRACTION CAUSING THE GEAR MOTOR TO OVERHEAT.