Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-1
N117NC is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1997. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Triple M Leasing LLC, an LLC in Shreveport, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 12, 2013 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated June 6, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-1 · all MBB-BK 117 C-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7517
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 2 motors · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1SER · 681 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A04763 (octal 50043543)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 12, 2013
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · June 6, 2001
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00233764
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Triple M Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1214 Hawn Ave
Shreveport, LA 71107-6612
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N117NC, 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 Triple M Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 12, 2013, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 6, 2001, 4 years after the 1997 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 7517 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N117NC according to the deregistered file. [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 N117NC: Accident on May 19, 2025 at Fort Washington, PA: minor 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: Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-1 · operated under 135
Maintenance personnel’s failure to identify and replace damaged rivet nuts at the air conditioning louver assembly, which resulted in the separation of the louver assembly from the helicopter, the louver assembly’s impact with the tail rotor, and subsequent loss of helicopter control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data