Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E
N87BC is a Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2009. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Calhoun Aviation LLC, an LLC in Fairfield, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
- Model
- PC-12/47E · all PC-12/47Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 1136
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-67P · 1272 hp
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- ABF419 (octal 52772031)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 17, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 16, 2009
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01034289
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Calhoun Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 350 Interstate 45 E
Fairfield, TX 75840-2422
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N87BC, 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 Calhoun Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 17, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1136 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N87BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Creitz Robert D RV-3 (serial RC-1-57, cancelled April 5, 2006). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N87BC: Accident on February 28, 2003 at Deer Valley, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Creitz, Robert D RV-3 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor icing and loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03LA101 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data