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Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK117 D-3
N145DM is an Airbus Helicopters Inc MBB-BK117 D-3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2026. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 24, 2026.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Airbus Helicopters Inc
- Model
- MBB-BK117 D-3 · all MBB-BK117 D-3s 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. Composite rotor blades; composite fuselage shells on the newer designs. This is how the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 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
- 21502
- 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, 1 motor · Safran ARRIEL 2E · 894 hp
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- 2026
- Transponder code
- A0B59A (octal 50132632)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 24, 2026
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01557255
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Airbus Helicopters INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2701 N Forum Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-8927
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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 N145DM links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 93 registered
- Airbus Helicopters Inc 378 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Safran ARRIEL 2E 93 aircraft with this engine series · 894 hp
- Type certificate H13EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Airbus Helicopters INC 72 aircraft in the fleet
- Grand Prairie, TX 165 aircraft registered in this town
- Grand Prairie Municipal · GPM
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 21 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 34 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Safran ARRIEL 2E 5 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N145DM, 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 Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued May 12, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated August 24, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21502 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N145DM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (serial 11004, cancelled May 15, 2017). 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 N145DM: Accident on September 17, 2010 at Duluth, MN: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent due to spatial disorientation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data