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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Messerschmitt-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.
Where is it now Last seen Thursday at 8:06 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
- Model
- BK 117 B-2 · all BK 117 B-2s 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. Composite rotor blades; the airframe is aluminium. This is how the Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 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
- 7219
- 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, 2 motors · Honeywell LTS101-750B-1 · 550 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- AB5088 (octal 52650210)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 8, 2022
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 3, 2023
- 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 21, 1990
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01305271
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windward Aviation 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
- 10 Hansen Rd
PO Box 596
Puunene, HI 96784-0596
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N828WA links to the rest of the register
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 12 registered
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm 36 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Honeywell LTS101-750B-1 2 aircraft with this engine series · 550 hp
- Type certificate H13EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Windward Aviation INC 25 aircraft in the fleet
- Puunene, HI 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Hawaii 650 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 4,497 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Honeywell LTS101-750B-1 14 airworthiness directives
- Where N828WA is now · Last seen Thursday at 8:06 am.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data