Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N1081K is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1980. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Marks Aviation Group LLC, an LLC in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 21, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206L-1 · all 206L-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 45407
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A024F1 (octal 50022361)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 2013
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 21, 1993
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00542030
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Marks Aviation Group LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 111 Row 3
Lafayette, LA 70508
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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 N1081K, 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 Marks Aviation Group LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 26, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 21, 1993, 13 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 45407 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1081K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe 8A (serial 3808, cancelled May 2, 1958). 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 N1081K: Accident on August 13, 1983 at Bettles, AK: no 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 206L-1 · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC83FA144 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