Turbine helicopter

N196CH

1965 Vertol 107

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1965
Serial
407
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Ge CT58 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Columbia Helicopters Inc (Corporation)
Based
Aurora, OR
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Registration record

N196CH on the FAA register

Type
1965 Vertol 107
Serial
407
Engines
2 × Ge CT58 series
Registered owner
Columbia Helicopters Inc
Aurora, OR
Certificate issued
1993-11-04
Airworthiness date
1996-08-05
Registration expires
2028-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · showing compliance
Mode S (hex)
A17EAF
Mode S (octal)
50277257
Seats (type)
20
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1996-10-04
    Accident at Canby, OR; damage: destroyed.
  • 1996-08-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (showing compliance)).
  • 1993-11-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N196CH.
  • 1965
    Manufactured (1965).
Overview

About N196CH

N196CH is a 1965 Vertol 107, serial number 407. The FAA register lists Columbia Helicopters Inc as the registrant in Aurora, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 4, 1993 and expires on October 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Ge CT58 series engines and 20 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (showing compliance), dated August 5, 1996.

N196CH has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-10-04 Accident · Canby, OR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA97FA001
Reported aircraft: Boeing BV-107 II
Probable cause: failure of maintenance personnel to install a cotter pin in a clevis bolt in the flight control system, which resulted in the aft directional and lateral control output pushrod to become disconnected from a bellcrank in the forward portion of the first stage mixing unit. A factor relating to the accident was the use of an improper bellcrank, which was wider in the clevis area.

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.