N171AE is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Eurocopter EC120B built in 2004. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 19, 2016 when the aircraft was exported to Canada. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Eurocopter EC120B cancelled September 19, 2016
- Serial number
- 1377
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 2004
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- January 27, 2010
- Last FAA action
- May 3, 2016
- Last owner
- Airbus Helicopters INC (Non-citizen corporation)
Grand Prairie, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N171AE
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter EC120B · serial 1377
The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the practice autorotation.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site