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A Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125, the same model family as N521
A Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 like this one, not N521 itself. Photo: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Canon 400mm f/5.6 L, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N521 itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N521

Airbus Helicopters Inc AS350B3

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
Records check, free: 1 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it now

N521 is an Airbus Helicopters Inc AS350B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2026. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 31, 2026. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Where is it now Last seen October 7 at 1:55 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Airbus Helicopters Inc
Model
AS350B3 · all AS350B3s and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A 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 Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 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
9942
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 · Safran ARRIEL 2D · 952 hp
Seats
7
Year built
2026
Transponder code
A68CA4 (octal 51506244)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 24, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 24, 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 · August 31, 2026
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01564083

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Airbus Helicopters INC
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2701 N Forum Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-8927

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 1

2026-10-07Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 3

2012-08-10Adams William U DRAGONFLY · Sale reported, pending cancellation
1963-10-29Beech D35 · Valid registration
1947-06-10Butler Aircraft Corporation BLACK HAWK · Valid registration

Connections how N521 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Safran ARRIEL 2D 314 aircraft with this engine series · 952 hp
  • Type certificate H9EU · held by Airbus Helicopters
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N521, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued June 24, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated August 31, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 9942 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N521 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Adams William U DRAGONFLY (serial G0326007, cancelled August 10, 2012); Beech D35 (serial D3665, cancelled October 29, 1963); Butler Aircraft Corporation BLACK HAWK (serial 103, cancelled June 10, 1947). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 7, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N521. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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.

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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