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COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS INC CH-47D

3 registered · 1990–1993 · 0 NTSB events · 6 ADs

About this data

Rotorcraft · HONEYWELL T55-GA-714A · as of Sep 21, 2026

Distribution · currently registered

By state (top 10)

  • CA 66.7% 2
  • OR 33.3% 1

By decade of manufacture

  • 1990s 100.0% 3

NTSB records

No NTSB-recorded events match COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS INC CH-47D in the indexed corpus.

Airworthiness directives

6 directive(s) on file. Showing the most recent 6.

  • Apr 14, 2026

    Airworthiness Directives; Columbia Helicopters, Inc. and Restricted Category Model CH-47D Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Columbia Helicopters, Inc. Model 234 helicopters and all Restricted Category Model CH-47D helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of corrosion detected on certain flight control rigid connecting links (connecting link). This proposed AD…

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  • Dec 22, 2025

    Airworthiness Directives; Restricted Category Model CH-47D Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all restricted category Model CH-47D helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of fatigue cracking of the right-hand (RH) forward transmission support beam fitting. This proposed AD would require repetitively inspecting the RH forward transmi…

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  • Oct 11, 2024

    Airworthiness Directives; Columbia Helicopters, Inc., and Restricted Category Model CH-47D Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Columbia Helicopters, Inc., Model 234 helicopters and restricted category Model CH-47D helicopters. This AD was prompted by two reports of a flight control rigid connecting link (link) failure, due to a manufacturing defect. This AD requires removing certain l…

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  • Dec 20, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Various Model 234 and Model CH-47D Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various Model 234 and Model CH-47D helicopters. This AD was prompted by two reports of mechanical failures of the longitudinal cyclic trim actuator (LCTA). This AD requires determining the maintenance history, and hours time-in-service (TIS) and number of lift…

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  • Aug 13, 2018

    Airworthiness Directives; Various Model 234 and Model CH-47D Helicopters

    We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various Model 234 and Model CH-47D helicopters. This AD requires inspections of the pitch housing and revising the pitch housing retirement life. This AD was prompted by reports of cracking in the pitch housing lugs. The actions of this AD are intended to detect a…

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  • Mar 14, 2017

    Airworthiness Directives; Various Model 234 and Model CH-47D Helicopters

    We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various Model 234 and Model CH-47D helicopters. This proposed AD would require inspections of the pitch housing and revising the pitch housing retirement life. This proposed AD is prompted by reports of cracking in the pitch housing lugs. The proposed actions…

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Type certificate data sheets · 1 match in the FAA catalog

  • R00051SE Columbia Helicopters Inc. Historical Rev 0 · 11/04/2014

    Models: CH-47D

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Supplemental type certificates · 6 on file

PMA replacement parts · 23 on file

Advisory circulars & Federal Register

Registered N-numbers · 3

3 of 3 ● NTSB events on file · orange tails have Atlas pages · Look up queries the live FAA registry (owner, address, last airworthiness)
N-number St Year NTSB FAA
N253PJ CA 1991 · Look up ↗
N254PJ CA 1990 · Look up ↗
N473CH OR 1993 · Look up ↗

Source — FAA Aircraft Registry

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