Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2
N448CH is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2011. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Metro Aviation INC, a corporation in Shreveport, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 17, 2026.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- MBB-BK 117 C-2 · all MBB-BK 117 C-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 9448
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 2 motors · Safran ARRIEL 1E2 · 708 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2011
- Transponder code
- A5688F (octal 51264217)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 24, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · July 17, 2026
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01510849
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Metro Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1214 Hawn Ave
Shreveport, LA 71107-6612
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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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N448CH, 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 Metro Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 24, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 17, 2026, 15 years after the 2011 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 9448 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N448CH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Heyn Russell RANS S-6 (serial 03991308, cancelled November 27, 2012). 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]
1 NTSB record under N448CH: Accident on May 30, 2001 at Swainsboro, GA: no injuries, destroyed. 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Russell Heyn RANS S-6 · operated under 091
the failure of the pilot to properly compensate for a crosswind and for gusty conditions during takeoff/initial climb, which resulted in an inflight loss of control and collision with the ground.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA01LA147 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data