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N542AE

American Eurocopter Corp MBB-BK 117 C-2

Valid Texas

N542AE is an American Eurocopter Corp MBB-BK 117 C-2, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 10 seats. It is registered to Airbus Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 27, 2013.

Aircraft

Maker
American Eurocopter Corp
Model
MBB-BK 117 C-2
Serial number
9608
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 2 motors · Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2 · 708 hp
Seats
10
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6DF5F (octal 51557537)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 30, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 30, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · August 27, 2013
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01125465

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Airbus Helicopters INC
Type
Non-citizen corporation
Address
2701 N Forum Dr
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-8927

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2008-11-07American Eurocopter Llc MBB-BK 117 C-2 · Valid registration

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