The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
N171PL, a Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200
N171PL itself. Photo: simon butler from halesowen, uk, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. More: Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N171PL

Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N171PL is a Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2018. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Precision Lift LLC, an LLC in La Grande, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 19, 2018.

Where is it now checking the live feed…

Checking the volunteer receiver network for a recent position…

Aircraft broadcast their own position; volunteer receivers pool what they hear. Owners who have asked the FAA not to be displayed are not shown.

Flight history: where it flew in the last seven days · follow it on the live map

Aircraft

Maker
Kaman Aerospace Corp
Model
K-1200 · all K-1200s 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. The K-MAX: composite rotor blades on an aluminium airframe. This is how the Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200 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
A94-0047
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 · Honeywell T5317A-1 · 1500 hp
Seats
1
Year built
2018
Transponder code
A11E34 (octal 50217064)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 21, 2019
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 19, 2018
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01270555

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Precision Lift 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
60035 Blue Sky Dr
La Grande, OR 97850

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 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N171PL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Honeywell T5317A-1 12 aircraft with this engine series · 1500 hp
  • Type certificate TR7BO · held by Kaman Aerospace CORP
Owner
Place

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N171PL.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N171PL, 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 Precision Lift LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 21, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated December 19, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A94-0047 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N171PL according to the deregistered file. [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 N171PL: Accident on August 22, 2025 at Eagle, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN25LA334Accident on August 22, 2025 at Eagle, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kaman Aerospace CORP K-1200 · operated under 133

The pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and impact with terrain.

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 October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data