NCDOT May Finally Have A Buyer For Its Helicopter | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.23.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.24.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.25.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.26.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.27.25

Mon, Jan 09, 2017

NCDOT May Finally Have A Buyer For Its Helicopter

Has Tried To Sell The Aircraft For More Than Two Years

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) may finally have a buyer for its 1998 Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter after more than two years of trying.

The News & Observer newspaper reports that the state tried to sell the aircraft multiple times on eBay, first in May of 2014 and again in June the same year after the state general assembly demanded that the helicopter be sold . On the first attempt, there were no bidders for the aircraft, which was listed at $2.25 million, and on the second attempt, they received only one bid of $1.5 million.

But the state may have finally located a buyer for the seven-passenger helicopter, as well as a competing offer for a deal that would swap the existing helo for one that the state would find more useful, according to the report.

The outright buyer would be Streamline Industries of Deer Park, TX. NCDOT aviation director Bobby Walston sent a letter to the company in December stating that the asking price for the helo is $2.25 million. The swap offer came from the Murray Energy Corporation in St. Clairsville, OH. The have proposed a straight-up trade of the S-76C+ for a 2004 Bell 427 helicopter. Since the North Carolina Highway Patrol also flies Bell helicopters, the aircraft could be shared between the DOT and the State Patrol, according to the report.

The sale of the helicopter, as well as a Cessna 550 Citation Bravo, were mandated by the legislature as a cost-cutting measure.

(Image from file. Not NCDOT helicopter)

FMI: www.ncdot.gov

Advertisement

More News

NTSB Prelim: Piper PA-23

Pilot Also Reported That Due To A Fuel Leak, The Auxiliary Fuel Tanks Were Not Used On June 4, 2025, at 13:41 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23, N2109P, was substantially damage>[...]

ANN FAQ: Submit a News Story!

Have A Story That NEEDS To Be Featured On Aero-News? Here’s How To Submit A Story To Our Team Some of the greatest new stories ANN has ever covered have been submitted by our>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: One Man’s Vietnam

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Reflections on War’s Collective Lessons and Cyclical Nature The exigencies of war ought be colorblind. Inane social-constructs the likes of racis>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.03.25)

Aero Linx: Colorado Pilots Association (CPA) Colorado Pilots Association was incorporated as a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation in 1972. It is a statewide organization with over 700 >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.03.25): High Speed Taxiway

High Speed Taxiway A long radius taxiway designed and provided with lighting or marking to define the path of aircraft, traveling at high speed (up to 60 knots), from the runway ce>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC