Aerospatiale 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerospatiale
- Model
- AS350 B2 ECUREUIL · all AS350 B2 ECUREUILs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2383
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1SER · 681 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- A2EBED (octal 50565755)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 7, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 11, 1998
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00344922
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Coastal Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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.
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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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA233 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA18CA289 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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