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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Db Aerocopter Ltd
Model
AK1-3
Year
2022
Serial number
0097
Aircraft type
Rotorcraft
Category
Land
Certification
Not Type Certificated
Seats
2
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A0FCDD
Engine
Make and model
Subaru Ej257
Type
4 Cycle
Power
300 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 – nowIndividual ownerPowell Butte, OR · current
2013 – 2014Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA TrusteeSalt Lake City, UT · different airframe: 2013 Eurocopter Ec 130 T2 S/N 7613
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
May 17, 2025 · Prineville, OR
On May 17, 2025, about 1134 pacific daylight time, a DB Aerocopter Ltd., AK1-3, N163AK, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Prineville, Oregon. The private pilot undergoing instruction was fatally injured, and the flight instructor sustained serious injuries. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 91 instructional flight. The…
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No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.