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N176Z

Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA

Valid Idaho

N176Z is a Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1997. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2018 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 29, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Short Bros
Model
SD3-60 SHERPA
Serial number
SH3411
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-65AR · 1424 hp
Seats
39
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A131B6 (octal 50230666)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 5, 2018
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · November 29, 2018
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00740864

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service
Type
Government
Address
3833 S Development Ave
Boise, ID 83705-5354
Co-owners
Fire & Aviation

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1989-10-19Aero Commander 500-B · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data