Eurocopter AS 350 B3
N217HP is an Eurocopter AS 350 B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2002. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Ns Air Leasing LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 8, 2016 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 16, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS 350 B3 · all AS 350 B3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 3628
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIEL 2B1 · 747 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A1D440 (octal 50352100)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2016
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 16, 2003
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00022809
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ns Air Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 3422 Old Capitol Trail Ste 1530
Wilmington, DE 19808
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N217HP, 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 Ns Air Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 8, 2016, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 16, 2003, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3628 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N217HP 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 N217HP: Accident on September 5, 2014 at Lincoln, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 · operated under PUBU
The failure of the engine to provide sufficient power when commanded by the pilot during the power recovery phase of a practice autorotation for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
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- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data