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N825BA

Sc Iar Sa Brasov IAR 825

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N825BA is a Sc Iar Sa Brasov IAR 825, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Gazelle Helicopters INC, a corporation in San Luis Obispo, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 2, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 25, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Sc Iar Sa Brasov
Model
IAR 825
Serial number
01
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Walter M601D-11 · 604 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2005
Transponder code
AB4388 (octal 52641610)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 2, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 25, 2009
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00265719

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gazelle Helicopters INC
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
903 Airport Dr Ste 2
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-8711

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N825BA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Gazelle Helicopters INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
Place

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The public federal record on N825BA, 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 Gazelle Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 2, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 25, 2009, 4 years after the 2005 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 01 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N825BA according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N825BA: Accident on July 15, 2012 at Peru, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

CEN12LA446Accident on July 15, 2012 at Peru, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sc Iar SA Brasov IAR 825 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data