N171TG1997 Dassault FALCON 50
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Big Blue Express LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Jupiter, FL
- Certificate issued
- Jan 10, 2023
- Expires
- Jan 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 12, 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
- Dassault
- Model
- FALCON 50
- Year
- 1997
- Serial number
- 251
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 3
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A11E94
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tfe731 Ser
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 3,500 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowBig Blue Express LLCJupiter, FL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 (0)
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.
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 (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 fuel and control · line · chafedMar 10, 2016
DURING A MPI, REPAIR STATION FOUND NR 1 ENGINE FUEL FEED LINE TO THE COMBUSTION NOZZLE DIVIDER CHAFED APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT THROUGH THE OD OF SAID LINE, DURING THE REMOVAL AND TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE. THE LINE WAS CHAFING ON THE ENGINE HEAT SHIELDING BAFFLE. THERE WAS NO LEAKS, CRACKS, OR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Navigation · battery pack · overheatedMay 5, 2014
EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK USED FOR BACK UP ON ACFT IRS SYS, WAS FOUND OVERHEATED AND CASE MELTED AND DEFORMED. BATTERY WAS LAST SERVICED ON FEB 12, 2013 IAW CMM 24-30-16, REV 2. BATTERY CURRENTLY HAS A 16M+1M SERVICE TIME LIMIT IAW MFG, CH 5, REV 3, DATED JUNE 2013. ACFT CHARGING SYS WAS VERIFIED IN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · actuator · misrepairedApr 23, 2014
DURING INCOMING INSPECTION OF REPAIRED ACTUATOR, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SCREW INSTALLED IN REPAIR ACTUATOR WAS APPROXIMATELY 2" SHORTER THAN THAT OF THE -21 ACTUATOR BEING REMOVED. TECH WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THE WRONG PN SCREW WAS INSTALLED. ACTUATOR WAS NEVER INSTALLED INTO THE ACFT.…
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 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026