# N851BP: 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: February 20, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=851BP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N851BP

## Aircraft that carried N851BP

- [Cancelled 2009-02-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N851BP-2009-02-20): Eurocopter AS 350 B3, S/N 3588, built 2002. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [US Border Patrol Air Operations](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20BORDER%20PATROL%20AIR%20OPERATIONS), [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)

## NTSB investigations on N851BP (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 DFW07GA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07GA119), May 22, 2007: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N851BP), San Elizario, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with a vortex ring state and his inability to maintain control of the helicopter.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N851BP (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 20070522011779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070522011779A), May 22, 2007: Snias AS350B3 (N851BP), San Elizario, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 22, 2007 at 0838 MDT, a Eurocopter as 350 B3, N851BP, registered to us border patrol air operations, collided with terrain while performing…

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