N117US1988 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Jun 14, 2017.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Suntrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- West Mifflin, PA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 15, 2008
- Canceled
- Jun 14, 2017
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · To show compliance with FAR
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 12, 1989
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
- 1988
- Serial number
- 7175
- 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
- A04807
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- 2008 – 2017Suntrust Equipment Finance & Leasing CorpWest Mifflin, PA
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.
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 (3)
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.
- Engine indicating · indicator · failedJan 28, 2004
ROTOR NEEDLE PEGS HIGH WHEN ELECTRICITY IS APPLIED. INSTALLED 10/23/2003, FAILED 01/28/2004. TSI-102.5. PLEASE SEE RO 9-090007-53 FOR MORE DETAILED HISTORY. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT FROM OUR ASSET STOCK.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Indicating and recording systems · control panel · defectiveOct 2, 2003
PANEL WAS JUST REPAIRED UNDER PO 2-021656-01, UNABLE TO RESET MASTER CONTROL WHEN ECS IS ON (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM). UNIT WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN SHIPPING TO JACKSONVILLE FROM AEC (BROKEN MOUNTING TAB). FED EX AIRWAY BILL #6413 5829 9550. PANEL IS PACKAGED THE SMAE WAY IT ARRIVED IN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Tail rotor · blade · crackedJun 25, 2002
BLADE CRACKED, SKETCH
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