Sikorsky S-61A — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
5 Sikorsky S-61As are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Sikorsky S-61A
- one-timeAD 76-08-01 R1 — Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Models S-61L, S-61A, S-61D, S-61E, and S-61V Helicopters · 1976-01-01
- one-timeAD 73-15-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Models S-61A, S-61D, S-61E, S-61V, and S-61L Helicopters · 1973-01-01
- one-timeAD 72-25-04 — Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Models S-61A, S-61B, S-61D, S-61L, S-61N Series, S-61R, and S-61V Helicopters · 1972-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 44 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.
The records checklist for a Sikorsky S-61A
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.