Turbine helicopter

N6073V

1981 Messerschmitt BO-105 Turbine Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
6073
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Spate Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Albuquerque, NM
Registration record

N6073V on the FAA register

Type
1981 Messerschmitt BO-105 Turbine Helicopters (FAA: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 105 P)
Serial
6073
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
Registered owner
Spate Aviation LLC
Albuquerque, NM
Certificate issued
2025-09-23
Airworthiness date
2025-02-27
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A7E415
Mode S (octal)
51762025
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N6073V to the current registrant.
  • 2025-02-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2011-05-14
    N6073V previously assigned to a Cessna 170B (s/n 25281); cancelled.
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
Overview

About N6073V

N6073V is a 1981 Messerschmitt BO-105 Turbine Helicopters (FAA model BO 105 P), serial number 6073. The FAA register lists Spate Aviation LLC as the registrant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 23, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Rolls-Royce 250-C20B engines and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 27, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N6073V. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2009-08-25 Accident · Anchorage, AK Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · ANC09LA088
Reported aircraft: Cessna 170B — a different aircraft that carried the N6073V registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot s decision to make an abrupt and steep low altitude turn just after takeoff, while attempting to return to his departure airport, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot s failure to ensure that the airplane s engine access cowling was properly latched before takeoff.
1965-07-28 Accident · Middletown Nj, 30 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2196
Reported aircraft: Cessna 170B — a different aircraft that carried the N6073V registration before this airframe.

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.