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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Md Helicopters Inc 500N
N520AP is a Md Helicopters Inc 500N, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Ln095 1Vc Trustee, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Md Helicopters Inc
- Model
- 500N · all 500Ns and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Md Helicopters Inc 500 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
- LN095
- 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 · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A688FC (octal 51504374)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2026
- 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 18, 2001
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00264044
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ln095 1Vc Trustee
- 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
- 1013 Centre Rd Ste 403-A
Wilmington, DE 19805-1270
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N520AP links to the rest of the register
- Md Helicopters Inc 500 14 registered
- Md Helicopters Inc 145 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 530 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Ln095 1Vc Trustee 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,373 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Md Helicopters Inc 500 34 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Md Helicopters Inc 500 164 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 747 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N520AP, 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 Ln095 1Vc Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued February 23, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial LN095 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N520AP 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 N520AP: Accident on August 2, 2006 at Louisville, KY: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: MD Helicopter Inc. 500N · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent rollover.
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