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Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC135P1
N911KB is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC135P1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1999. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Metro Aviation INC, a corporation in Shreveport, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2006 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 12, 2000.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Metro Aviation, INC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen today at 5:10 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
- Model
- EC135P1 · all EC135P1s 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. Largely composite fuselage shells. This is how the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 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
- 0095
- 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 · P&W Canada PW206A · 621 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- AC9B45 (octal 53115505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 2006
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 12, 2000
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00515972
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Metro 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
- PO Box 7008
Shreveport, LA 71137-7008
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N911KB links to the rest of the register
- Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 396 registered
- Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh 411 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Metro Aviation, INC · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A 13 aircraft with this engine series · 621 hp
- Type certificate H88EU · held by Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH (Ahd)
- Metro Aviation INC 69 aircraft in the fleet
- Shreveport, LA 276 aircraft registered in this town
- Shreveport Downtown Airport · DTN
- Shreveport Regional · SHV
- Louisiana 3,729 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 80 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 1,521 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 126 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A 136 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Contactor, contaminated · 2008-11-06
- Report filed on this aircraft: Eec, failed · 2007-08-10
- Report filed on this aircraft: Ring, missing · 2001-06-27
- Where N911KB is now · Last seen today at 5:10 am.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N911KB.json.
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The public federal record on N911KB, 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 Metro Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 21, 2006, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 12, 2000, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0095 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N911KB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC135P1 (serial 0013, cancelled August 6, 2014). 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 N911KB: Accident on November 9, 2013 at Shreveport, LA: minor 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: Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH EC135P1 · operated under 091
The mechanic's improper installation of the antitorque pedals, which resulted in an in-flight loss of helicopter control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data