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). 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. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Airbus Helicopters Inc
- Model
- MBB-BK117 D-3 · all MBB-BK117 D-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 21502
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0B59A (octal 50132632)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01557255
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Airbus Helicopters INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- 2701 N Forum Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-8927
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [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]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 2, 2026). [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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN10LA556 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