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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL
N288CH is an Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1990. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation in Juneau, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 7, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 11, 1998.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Coastal Helicopters, Inc, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 1:08 pm.
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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
- 2383
- 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
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- A2EBED (octal 50565755)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 7, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 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 · September 11, 1998
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00344922
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Coastal Helicopters 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
- 8995 Yandukin Dr
Juneau, AK 99801-8086
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N288CH 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
- Coastal Helicopters, Inc · charter operator
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIEL 1 series 132 aircraft with this engine series · 681 hp
- Type certificate H9EU · held by Airbus Helicopters
- Coastal Helicopters INC 33 aircraft in the fleet
- Juneau, AK 177 aircraft registered in this town
- Juneau International · JNU
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Aerospatiale AS350 4,985 reports since 1995
- Where N288CH is now · Last seen October 10 at 1:08 pm.
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The public federal record on N288CH, 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 Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 7, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 11, 1998, 8 years after the 1990 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2383 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N288CH 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]
2 NTSB records under N288CH: Accident on April 28, 2019 at Juneau, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 18, 2018 at Yakutat, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale AS350 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach to landing on a ridge and his failure to maintain clearance from snow-covered terrain, which resulted in a tail rotor strike.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL · operated under 135
The helicopter’s movement during startup in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in the main rotor striking the tailboom.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data