Eurocopter AS 350 B2
N1231A is an Eurocopter AS 350 B2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2003. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Tiny Bubbles Aviation INC, a corporation in Pacoima, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 7, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS 350 B2 · all AS 350 B2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 3682
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1D1 · 712 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A06153 (octal 50060523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 5, 2018
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 7, 2003
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00051579
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tiny Bubbles Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 12653 Osborne St Ste 6
Pacoima, CA 91331-2101
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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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1231A, 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 Tiny Bubbles Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 5, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 7, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3682 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1231A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-18 (serial 181045, cancelled February 28, 1955). 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 N1231A: Accident on November 12, 2010 at Pacoima, CA: 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: Eurocopter AS350B2 · operated under 091
The contamination of a spool bearing in the power turbine governor during manufacture, which led to the bearing’s failure in flight, a subsequent loss of engine power during departure, and the resultant hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11FA045 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