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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE
N71FR is an Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1975. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Nivlem Farm Management LLC, an LLC in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 8, 2017.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerospatiale
- Model
- SA341G GAZELLE · all SA341G GAZELLEs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. The Gazelle: composite rotor blades and a shrouded tail rotor. This is how the Aerospatiale SA341 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
- 1274
- 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 · Turbomeca ASTAZOU 111A · 592 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 110 mph
- Transponder code
- A97A41 (octal 52275101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 2, 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 · December 8, 2017
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00942473
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nivlem Farm Management LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1001 S Main St Pmb 49
Kalispell, MT 59901-1498
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N71FR links to the rest of the register
- Aerospatiale SA341 21 registered
- Aerospatiale 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Turbomeca (Safran) ASTAZOU 111A 19 aircraft with this engine series · 592 hp
- Type certificate H6EU · held by Airbus Helicopters
- Nivlem Farm Management LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Kalispell, MT 1,279 aircraft registered in this town
- Glacier Park International · GPI
- Kalispell City Airport · S27
- Montana 6,037 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N71FR, 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 Nivlem Farm Management LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 2, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 8, 2017, 42 years after the 1975 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 1274 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N71FR 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 N71FR: Accident on March 21, 2026 at Winslow, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE · operated under 091
On March 21, 2026, about 1406 mountain daylight time, a Aerospatiale SA341G Gazelle, N71FR, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Winslow, Arizona. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he hired a flight instructor to conduct a cross-country flight from Boulder City Municipal Airport (BVU) Boulder City, Nevada, to Spruce Creek Airport (7FL6), Daytona Beach, Florida. The pilot reported that he landed at Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airpor…
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