Turbine helicopter

N916D

1976 Homebuilt Gazelle SA341F2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1976
Serial
1448
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Turbomeca ASTAZOU series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Advancing Blades Industries LLC (LLC)
Based
Jacksonville, FL
Registration record

N916D on the FAA register

Type
1976 Homebuilt Gazelle SA341F2
Serial
1448
Engines
Turbomeca ASTAZOU series
Registered owner
Advancing Blades Industries LLC
Jacksonville, FL
Certificate issued
2023-11-13
Airworthiness date
2019-06-25
Registration expires
2030-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
ACAD40
Mode S (octal)
53126500
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-11-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N916D to the current registrant.
  • 2019-06-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2016-02-17
    N916D previously assigned to a Stinson 108-2 (s/n 108-2916); cancelled.
  • 1976
    Manufactured (1976).
Overview

About N916D

N916D is a 1976 Homebuilt Gazelle SA341F2, serial number 1448. The FAA register lists Advancing Blades Industries LLC as the registrant in Jacksonville, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 13, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Turbomeca ASTAZOU series engine and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated June 25, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N916D. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1978-06-15 Accident · Minneapolis,Mn, 23 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3234
Reported aircraft: Stinson 108-2 — a different aircraft that carried the N916D registration before this airframe.

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.