N593AE is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an American Eurocopter Corp MBB-BK 117 C-2 built in 2013. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 16, 2014. The last status on file was "sale reported". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
American Eurocopter Corp MBB-BK 117 C-2 cancelled June 16, 2014
- Serial number
- 9618
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 2013
- Last status
- Sale reported
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- May 22, 2014
- Last owner
- Sale Reported (Individual)
Huntsville, AL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 cancelled February 16, 2010
- Serial number
- 45421
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- November 23, 1999
- Last FAA action
- February 17, 2009
- Last owner
- Phi INC (Corporation)
Lafayette, LA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N593AE
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-1 · serial 45421
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after becoming spatially disorientated shortly after departure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight weather evaluation, his inadvertent flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, and the ground objects that the helicopter impacted during the descent.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site