Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2
N1174U is a Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1988. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Guardian Helicopters INC, a corporation in Fillmore, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated December 19, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
- Model
- BK 117 B-2 · all BK 117 B-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7146
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 2 motors · Lycoming LTS-750-B-1 · 461 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- A0492B (octal 50044453)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · December 19, 1998
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00375001
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Guardian Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 67 D St
Fillmore, CA 93015-1668
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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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1174U, 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 Guardian Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 21, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 19, 1998, 10 years after the 1988 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 7146 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1174U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17266875, cancelled October 11, 1990). 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 N1174U: Accident on March 5, 2018 at Sheboygan, WI: 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: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 · operated under 135
The restricted cyclic control movement for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination and testing of the cyclic control system did not reveal any evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN18LA115 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data