Turbine helicopter

N116A

1979 Aar Airlift Group UH-60A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
79-23293
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Ge T700-GE-700
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Carson Helicopters Inc (Corporation)
Based
Perkasie, PA
Registration record

N116A on the FAA register

Type
1979 Aar Airlift Group UH-60A
Serial
79-23293
Engines
2 × Ge T700-GE-700
Registered owner
Carson Helicopters Inc
Perkasie, PA
Certificate issued
2017-08-09
Airworthiness date
2026-08-06
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A0427D
Mode S (octal)
50041175
Seats (type)
15
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-08-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 2017-08-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N116A to the current registrant.
  • 2013-11-04
    N116A previously assigned to a Homebuilt BG 12-X (s/n JHA-3); cancelled.
  • 1979
    Manufactured (1979).
  • 1963-05-15
    N116A previously assigned to a Lockheed 749A-79 (s/n 2611); cancelled.
Overview

About N116A

N116A is a 1979 Aar Airlift Group UH-60A, serial number 79-23293. The FAA register lists Carson Helicopters Inc as the registrant in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 9, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Ge T700-GE-700 engines and 15 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated August 6, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N116A.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N116A.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.