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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL
N187EH is an Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1994. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Bristow LLC, an LLC in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 23, 1995.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Bristow LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen today at 10:33 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerospatiale
- Model
- AS350 B2 ECUREUIL · all AS350 B2 ECUREUILs 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 and a composite Starflex rotor head. This is how the Aerospatiale AS350 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
- 2839
- 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 · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1SER · 681 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1994
- Transponder code
- A15B19 (octal 50255431)
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 17, 2005
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 23, 1995
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00055322
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bristow 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
- 600 Airport Blvd
Lake Charles, LA 70607-0610
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N187EH links to the rest of the register
- Aerospatiale AS350 65 registered
- Aerospatiale 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Bristow LLC · charter operator
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1 series 132 aircraft with this engine series · 681 hp
- Type certificate H9EU · held by Airbus Helicopters
- Bristow LLC 59 aircraft in the fleet
- Lake Charles, LA 163 aircraft registered in this town
- Chennault International · CWF
- Lake Charles Regional · LCH
- Louisiana 3,729 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Aerospatiale AS350 4,985 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Belt, failed · 2001-06-14
- Report filed on this aircraft: Belt, broken · 2001-06-14
- Where N187EH is now · Last seen today at 10:33 am.
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The public federal record on N187EH, 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 Bristow LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 17, 2005, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 23, 1995, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2839 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N187EH according to the deregistered file. [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 N187EH: Accident on May 31, 1998 at Juneau, AK: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale AS-350-B2 · operated under 135
The failure of both command pilots to maintain an adequate lookout to see and avoid each other's aircraft. Factors associated with the accident were the other pilot's failure to follow published advisory procedures to monitor/issue position reports on the appropriate radio frequency, and his lack of familiarity with the geographic area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data