N8171U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 built in 1962. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 24, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 cancelled March 24, 2017
- Serial number
- 254
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1962
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 1, 1998
- Last FAA action
- March 16, 2010
- Last owner
- Horizon Helicopters INC (Corporation)
Grand Ledge, MI - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 172F cancelled November 10, 1964
- Serial number
- 17252071
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- El Salvador
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8171U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller FH-1100 · serial 254
The rotor failure/malfunction due to debonding of the tail rotor blade. Also causal was the inadequate maintenance inspection of the aircraft by the company and the improper maintenance procedure by other maintenance personnel.
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