N117AM1988 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Jc Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Wasilla, AK
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- May 22, 1998
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
- Model
- BK 117 B-2
- Year
- 1988
- Serial number
- 7140
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 7
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H13EU
- Mode S code
- A04640
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Lts-101 Ser
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 317 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2022 – nowJc Aircraft Leasing LLCWasilla, AK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (2)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-22-07 | Honeywell International, Inc. LTP 101 Series Turboprop and LTS101 Series Turboshaft… | Nov 30, 2001 | Engine (LTS-101 SER)Only with: Rigid tube fuel manifolds P/N 4-301-042-02, -04, -05, -06, 4-301-236-01, -02, -03, -04, 4-301-286-01, -02, or 4-301-376-01 installed. |
| 96-12-27 | AlliedSignal Inc. (formerly Textron Lycoming) LTS 101 Series Turboshaft and LTP 101… | Aug 19, 1996 | Engine (LTS-101 SER) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (4)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · rail · crackedJan 15, 2015
WHILE PERFORMING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK FOUND CRACK ON RT SIDE CREST COWL RAIL AFT PORTION, LOOKED ON LT SIDE CREST COWL RAIL & FOUND ANOTHER CRACK.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · fire detector · defectiveOct 27, 2014
THE PILOT NOTED UPON POWER UP THAT THE NR 2 ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DIMLY. TROUBLE SHOT & FOUND A FIRE DETECTOR PROBE TO BE THE CAUSE. THIS FIRE DETECTOR WAS REPLACED & THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEFECTS NOTED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · heat shield · corrodedApr 22, 2011
DURING PRELIMINARY INSP OF THE ACFT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE REPAIR STATION, FOUND THE LT ENGINE COWLING EXTERNAL HEAT SHIELD CORRODED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuselage · heat shield · corrodedApr 22, 2011
DURING PRELIMINARY INSP OF ACFT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE REPAIR STATION, FOUND THE RT ENGINE COWLING EXTERNAL HEAT SHIELD CORRODED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026