Turbine helicopter

N65DA

1991 MBB BO105S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1991
Serial
S-854
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Allison 250-C20B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Center for Vertical Studies LLC (LLC)
Based
Sheridan, WY
1991 MBB BO105S
Representative photo of a MBB BO105S. Not a photo of N65DA.
Registration record

N65DA on the FAA register

Type
1991 MBB BO105S (FAA: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S)
Serial
S-854
Engines
2 × Allison 250-C20B
Registered owner
Center for Vertical Studies LLC
Sheridan, WY
Certificate issued
2020-09-23
Airworthiness date
2013-05-16
Registration expires
2027-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A88AAD
Mode S (octal)
52105255
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-09-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N65DA to the current registrant.
  • 2013-05-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1995-05-18
    N65DA previously assigned to a Embraer EMB-110P1 (s/n 110389); cancelled.
  • 1991
    Manufactured (1991).
Overview

About N65DA

N65DA is a 1991 MBB BO105S (FAA model BO-105S), serial number S-854. The FAA register lists Center for Vertical Studies LLC as the registrant in Sheridan, Wyoming. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 23, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Allison 250-C20B engines and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated May 16, 2013.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N65DA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-05-24 Accident · Lawton, OK Damage: Destroyed Serious injury NTSB · DCA88MA059
Reported aircraft: Embraer EMB-110P — a different aircraft that carried the N65DA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: NONE SUBMITTED

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.