# N163AK: 2022 DB Aerocopter AK1-3

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [DB Aerocopter AK1-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/db-aerocopter-ak1-3) (registry code 05634Q2, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Subaru EJ257](https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-ej257) (registry code 59049)
- Serial number: 0097
- Year built: 2022
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: December 7, 2022
- Certificate issued: October 14, 2022
- Expires: October 31, 2029
- Mode S code: A0FCDD
- Registered owner: [Scheller James I](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCHELLER%20JAMES%20I)
- Location: [Powell Butte, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Powell%20Butte)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 44.1977° N, 120.9861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97753, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=163AK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N163AK

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (DB Aerocopter AK1-3)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Subaru EJ257)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR25FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA156), May 17, 2025: DB Aerocopter AK1-3 (N163AK), Prineville, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20250517006079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250517006079A), May 17, 2025: Db Aerocopter Ltd AK1-3 (N163AK), Prineville, OR, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On may 17th, 2025 at 1335 hours, helicopter was flying in the traffic patern at mid field on right downwind for runway 29. The helicopter in level flight yawed…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N163AK

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N163AK before.

- [Cancelled 2014-01-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163AK-2014-01-17): Eurocopter EC 130 T2, S/N 7613, built 2013. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE), [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City)

## Related

- Other DB Aerocopter AK1-3 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/db-aerocopter-ak1-3/aircraft.md
- The Subaru EJ257 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-ej257.md

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