Turbine helicopter

N170MC

1990 Eurocopter BK117 B-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1990
Serial
7217
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Lycoming LTS-101 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
5-State Helicopters Inc (Corporation)
Based
Fate, TX
1990 Eurocopter BK117 B-2
Representative photo of a Eurocopter BK117 B-2. Not a photo of N170MC.
Registration record

N170MC on the FAA register

Type
1990 Eurocopter BK117 B-2 (FAA: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2)
Serial
7217
Engines
2 × Lycoming LTS-101 series
Registered owner
5-State Helicopters Inc
Fate, TX
Certificate issued
2020-04-13
Airworthiness date
2019-11-26
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A11A43
Mode S (octal)
50215103
Seats (type)
7
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-04-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N170MC.
  • 2019-11-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1990
    Manufactured (1990).
Overview

About N170MC

N170MC is a 1990 Eurocopter BK117 B-2 (FAA model BK 117 B-2), serial number 7217. The FAA register lists 5-State Helicopters Inc as the registrant in Fate, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 13, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Lycoming LTS-101 series engines and 7 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated November 26, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N170MC.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N170MC.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.