{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2004-12-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-02-16","city":"WASHINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"60056","engine_horsepower":747,"engine_maker":"TURBOMECA","engine_model":"ARRIEL 2B1","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Eurocopter","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"EUROCOPTER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8680954","mode_s_code":"50220240","mode_s_hex":"A120A0","model":"AS 350 B3","n_number":"N172AE","name":"US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Blaine","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-10-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR09TA001","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the flight.","registration":"N172AE","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on October 2, 2008 at Blaine, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"US CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION / OFFICE OF AIR & MARINE","plain_english":"N172AE is an Eurocopter AS 350 B3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 6 seats. It is registered to US Department Of Homeland Security, a government body in Washington, District of Columbia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 16, 2005 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 14, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to US Department Of Homeland Security, a government body, certificate issued February 16, 2005, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated December 14, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3839 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N172AE according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N172AE: Accident on October 2, 2008 at Blaine, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":6,"serial_number":"3839","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW RM 6.4A","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00129389","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N172AE","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"202290002"}