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N173FR

Flight Research Inc FRI H58C

N173FR is a Flight Research Inc FRI H58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to National Test Pilot School, a corporation in Mojave, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 25, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated March 31, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Flight Research Inc
Model
FRI H58C
Serial number
FRI 004
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison T63 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A124DF (octal 50222337)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 25, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · March 31, 2018
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00327081

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
National Test Pilot School
Type
Corporation
Address
1030 Flight Line Bldg 72
Mojave, CA 93501-1679

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data