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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Agustawestland Philadelphia Co AW119MKII
N281MC is an Agustawestland Philadelphia Co AW119MKII, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2022. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation in Rantoul, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 8, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Agustawestland Philadelphia Co
- Model
- AW119MKII · all AW119MKIIs 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 Agustawestland Philadelphia Co AW119 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
- 15017
- 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 · P&W Canada PT6B-37A · 900 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A2D2C8 (octal 50551310)
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 4, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 4, 2025
- 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 · July 8, 2022
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01358998
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dodson International Parts INC
- 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
- 2155 Vermont Rd
Rantoul, KS 66079-9014
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N281MC links to the rest of the register
- Agustawestland Philadelphia Co AW119 181 registered
- Agustawestland Philadelphia Co 182 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A 186 aircraft with this engine series · 900 hp
- Type certificate H7EU · held by Leonardo S P A
- Dodson International Parts INC 316 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 5, 2027
- Rantoul, KS 329 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A 100 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N281MC, 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 Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 4, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 8, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N281MC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mckay Gene RV-9A (serial 91117, cancelled February 13, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N281MC: Accident on September 20, 2024 at Canandaigua, NY: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 26, 2012 at Brunswick, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Agustawestland Philadelphia CO AW119MKII · operated under 135
The pilot’s excessive descent rate during the final approach for landing and his delayed recovery attempt, resulting in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mckay Gene RV-9A · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while landing in gusting wind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data