Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2
N140SF is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2010. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Osf Aviation LLC, an LLC in Peoria, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 23, 2011.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Osf Aviation LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-2 · all MBB-BK 117 C-2s 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. This is how the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 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
- 9389
- 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 · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2 · 708 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A0A446 (octal 50122106)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2022
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 23, 2011
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01078852
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Osf Aviation 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
- 124 SW Adams St
Peoria, IL 61602-1320
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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 N140SF links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 159 registered
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh 411 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Osf Aviation LLC · charter operator
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 102 aircraft with this engine series · 708 hp
- Osf Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Peoria, IL 59 aircraft registered in this town
- General Downing - Peoria International · PIA
- Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport · 3MY
- Illinois 8,066 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 69 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 110 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 163 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Probe, faulty · 2025-10-01
- Report filed on this aircraft: Engine, faulted · 2025-05-24
- Report filed on this aircraft: Terminal Block, failed · 2025-05-02
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The public federal record on N140SF, 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 Osf Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 18, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated September 23, 2011, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 9389 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N140SF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcmurtrie Donald E JURCA 3/4 SPITFIRE (serial OK-1, cancelled April 23, 1983). 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]
2 NTSB records under N140SF: Accident on October 13, 2017 at Canton, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 9, 1982 at Bartlesville, OK: no injuries, destroyed. 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB BK 117 · operated under 091
The flight instructor's incorrect cyclic control during a hover, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jurca 3/4 SPITFIRE · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data