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N127JL

Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2+

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesLouisiana
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N127JL is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2011. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Bristow LLC, an LLC in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 8, 2011.

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Bristow LLC, so it can be flown for hire.

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Aircraft

Maker
Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
Model
EC 135 P2+ · all EC 135 P2+s and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Largely composite fuselage shells. This is how the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 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
0976
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, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW206B2 · 447 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
7
Year built
2011
Transponder code
A06E86 (octal 50067206)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 12, 2011
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
May 5, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 8, 2011
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01076774

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bristow LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
600 Airport Blvd
Lake Charles Regional Airport
Lake Charles, LA 70607
Charter N127JL with Bristow LLC:
Call 337-359-3136EmailWebsite

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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

1994-03-16Britten-Norman BN-2A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N127JL links to the rest of the register

Design
Flies for
Engine
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2 146 aircraft with this engine series · 447 hp
  • Type certificate H88EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N127JL, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Bristow LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 12, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 8, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0976 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N127JL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A (serial 69, cancelled March 16, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N127JL: Accident on November 28, 1989 at Block Island, RI: fatal, destroyed (8 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

DCA90MA010Accident on November 28, 1989 at Block Island, RI: fatal, destroyed (8 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 69

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Britten-Norman BN-2 · operated under 135

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, DURING AN OVERWATER FLIGHT ON A DARK (MOONLESS) NIGHT UNDER A CLOUD LAYER. A SIGMET WAS IN EFFECT WARNING OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE TURBULENCE BELOW 6000 FEET AND THE POTENTIAL OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data