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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK117 D-3
N104AH is an Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK117 D-3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2021. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated August 19, 2026.
Where is it now Last seen today at 1:44 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Airbus Helicopters Inc
- Model
- MBB-BK117 D-3 · all MBB-BK117 D-3s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Composite rotor blades; composite fuselage shells on the newer designs. This is how the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 21016
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Safran ARRIEL 2E · 894 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A01398 (octal 50011630)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 6, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 19, 2026
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01338555
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Airbus Helicopters INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2701 N Forum Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-8927
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N104AH links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 94 registered
- Airbus Helicopters Inc 379 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Safran ARRIEL 2E 97 aircraft with this engine series · 894 hp
- Type certificate H13EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Airbus Helicopters INC 72 aircraft in the fleet
- Grand Prairie, TX 165 aircraft registered in this town
- Grand Prairie Municipal · GPM
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 21 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 35 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Safran ARRIEL 2E 5 airworthiness directives
- Where N104AH is now · Last seen today at 1:44 pm.
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The public federal record on N104AH, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued June 6, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 19, 2026, 5 years after the 2021 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21016 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N104AH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Rans/Hine A F S 10 (serial 0588013, cancelled September 19, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N104AH: Accident on October 15, 1994 at Hampton, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans/Hine S-10 · operated under 091
a seized piston in the foward cylinder due to a lean mixture.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data