Bell 212
N1079U is a Bell 212, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1980. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Turbines LTD, a corporation in West Point, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying; other, dated May 17, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 212 · all 212s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31122
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 2 motors · P&W PT6 SERIES · 500 hp
- Seats
- 15
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A0225B (octal 50021133)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- April 13, 2005
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveying; Other · May 17, 1995
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00712020
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Turbines LTD
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 140 19Th Rd
West Point, NE 68788-4506
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1079U, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Turbines LTD, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 17, 1995, 15 years after the 1980 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31122 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1079U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200 (serial 34-7250082, cancelled June 4, 1973). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1079U: Accident on January 17, 2003 at Mcmurdo Station: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 212 · operated under PUBU
The pilot's continued operation of the helicopter with an unstable external load, which resulted in damage to the cargo hook assembly, adjacent throttle controls, and subsequent loss of engine power, precipitating an emergency descent and impact with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were the load oscillations, and the separation of the fuel crossover lines.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03GA023 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data