# N163BK: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: December 7, 2015
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=163BK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N163BK

## Aircraft that carried N163BK

- [Cancelled 2015-12-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163BK-2015-12-07): Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4, S/N 7063. Exported to New Zealand. Owner: [Air Methods Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20METHODS%20CORP), [Englewood, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Englewood)

## NTSB investigations on N163BK (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 MIA99LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA129), Apr 11, 1999: Mbb BK 117 A-3 (N163BK), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain a visual lookout while maneuvering in a hover resulting in the tail rotor colliding with a building.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N163BK (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 19990411003549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411003549A), Apr 11, 1999: Bolkms BK117A3 (N163BK), Sarasota-Brand, FL, Substantial damage. Rocky mountain air air ambulance (a bokow BK-117A-3 helicopter) tail rudder struck a building on take-off, and the acft crashed, no injuries were reported to…

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