# N851BP: 2002 Eurocopter AS 350 B3, registration cancelled 2009-02-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 20, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Eurocopter AS 350 B3](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (registry code 8680954)
- Engine: [Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (registry code 60056)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU), [TCDS E00054EN](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E00054EN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 3588
- Year built: 2002
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: October 28, 2002
- Certificate issued: January 16, 2003
- Last registry action: January 20, 2009
- Mode S code: ABAB36
- Owner when cancelled: [US Border Patrol Air Operations](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20BORDER%20PATROL%20AIR%20OPERATIONS)
- Location: [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 31.8090° N, 106.4195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79906, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N851BP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=851BP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N851BP-2009-02-20

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Eurocopter AS 350 B3: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3.md

## 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 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 (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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