N117CH1987 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 21, 2026- Registered owner
- Metro Aviation INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Shreveport, LA
- Certificate issued
- Feb 2, 1988
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 22, 2000
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
- Model
- BK 117 B-1
- Year
- 1987
- Serial number
- 7123
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 11
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H13EU
- Mode S code
- A0466E
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- 1988 – nowMetro Aviation INCShreveport, LA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 21, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs 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 (2)
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.
- Main rotor drive · swashplate · crackedFeb 21, 2023
DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A DAILY AIRWORTHINESS CHECK THE MAIN ROTOR SWASHPLATE SUPPORT WAS FOUND CRACKED. CRACKS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THIS COMPONENT.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Power plant · cowl latch · mismanufacturedApr 11, 2015
AFTER REPLACING SEVERAL BROKEN NR 2 SIDE HYD LATCH HOOKS WITH AN UNREASONABLE SHORT FREQUENCY. TOOK BROKEN HOOK TO NDI SPECIALIST & INFORMED THAT LATCH WAS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 21, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 21, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026