Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2
N191LL is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Indiana University Health INC, a corporation in Indianapolis, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2010 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 20, 2010.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Metro Aviation, INC, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-2 · all MBB-BK 117 C-2s 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. This is how the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 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
- 9319
- 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, 2 motors · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2 · 708 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A16CE7 (octal 50266347)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 11, 2010
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 20, 2010
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01045570
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Indiana University Health INC (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 109 Gasoline Alley
Indianapolis, IN 46222
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N191LL links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 159 registered
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh 411 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Metro Aviation, INC · charter operator
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 102 aircraft with this engine series · 708 hp
- Indiana University Health INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Indianapolis, IN 451 aircraft registered in this town
- Indianapolis International · IND
- Eagle Creek Airpark · EYE
- Hendricks County-Gordon Graham Field · 2R2
- Indianapolis Executive · TYQ
- 5 more landing places in town
- Indiana 5,704 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 69 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 110 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1E2 163 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Blade, cracked · 2017-06-22
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N191LL.json.
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The public federal record on N191LL, 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 Indiana University Health INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 11, 2010, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated April 20, 2010, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 9319 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N191LL 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 N191LL: Accident on March 7, 2024 at West Lafayette, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2 · operated under 135
The failure of maintenance personnel to properly install the tail rotor pitch change slider attachment hardware (T-bolt), which led to the disconnection of the pitch change slider, a loss of tail rotor control, and subsequent hard landing. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s failure to complete a maintenance discrepancy entry on the work order for the removal of the T-bolt.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data