Turbine helicopter

N553AC

2014 Airbus EC225 LP

Registered No accidents on file

Built

2014

Serial

2913

Class

Turbine helicopter

Engines

2 × Turbomeca MAKILA 2A1

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Vertical Aviation No 1 LLC (LLC)

Based

Miami, FL

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Registration record

N553AC on the FAA register

Type

2014 Airbus EC225 LP

Serial

2913

Engines

2 × Turbomeca MAKILA 2A1

Registered owner

Vertical Aviation No 1 LLC

Miami, FL

Certificate issued

2018-04-02

Airworthiness date

2019-08-16

Registration expires

2028-04-30

Airworthiness class

Standard · transport

Mode S (hex)

A70A93

Mode S (octal)

51605223

Seats (type)

Weight class

12,500–19,999 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2028-04-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2019-08-16
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
2018-04-02
Certificate of registration issued as N553AC.
2014
Manufactured (2014).

Overview

About N553AC

N553AC is a 2014 Airbus EC225 LP, serial number 2913. The FAA register lists Vertical Aviation No 1 LLC as the registrant in Miami, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 2, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Turbomeca MAKILA 2A1 engines and 26 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated August 16, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N553AC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1997-04-04 Accident · Buffalo, NY Damage: Substantial NTSB · NYC97LA068

Reported aircraft: Cessna 650 — a different aircraft that carried the N553AC registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: A combination hydraulic fluid and fuel-fed fire which originated from electrical arcing, due to the lack of an adequate production standard from Cessna for the separation of flammable fluid lines and electrical lines. A factor was the lack of oversight from the FAA, which allowed Cessna to space the flammable fluid lines and electrical lines at too close a position.

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.