Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2
N828WA is a Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1990. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Windward Aviation INC, a corporation in Puunene, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 8, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated June 21, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
- Model
- BK 117 B-2 · all BK 117 B-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7219
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 2 motors · Honeywell LTS101-750B-1 · 550 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- AB5088 (octal 52650210)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 8, 2022
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · June 21, 1990
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01305271
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windward Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 10 Hansen Rd
PO Box 596
Puunene, HI 96784-0596
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N828WA, 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 Windward Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 8, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated June 21, 1990, consistent with the 1990 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7219 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N828WA 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 N828WA: Accident on January 30, 1990 at Middleville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 222 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FROM THE TV TOWER. THE TV TOWER (GUY WIRE) WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI90LA073 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data