Turbine helicopter

N8974M

1982 Homebuilt BO 105M

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1982
Serial
6097
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Allison 250-C20B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Dd Choppers LLC (LLC)
Based
Mc Laughlin, SD
Registration record

N8974M on the FAA register

Type
1982 Homebuilt BO 105M
Serial
6097
Engines
2 × Allison 250-C20B
Registered owner
Dd Choppers LLC
Mc Laughlin, SD
Certificate issued
2026-03-16
Airworthiness date
2023-06-23
Registration expires
2033-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AC6245
Mode S (octal)
53061105
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-03-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N8974M to the current registrant.
  • 2023-06-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1989-12-12
    N8974M previously assigned to a Beechcraft B33 Debonair / Bonanza Debonair B33 (s/n CD728); cancelled.
  • 1982
    Manufactured (1982).
Overview

About N8974M

N8974M is a 1982 Homebuilt BO 105M, serial number 6097. The FAA register lists Dd Choppers LLC as the registrant in Mc Laughlin, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 16, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Allison 250-C20B engines and 5 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated June 23, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8974M. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-01-10 Accident · Ripon, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX89FA082
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft 35-B33 — a different aircraft that carried the N8974M registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURAL (WING) ICING, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLED STALL. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE ICING CONDITION.

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.