N1285S is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell 206B built in 1973. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 20, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Bell 206B cancelled September 20, 2013
- Serial number
- 1061
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1973
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- June 8, 1999
- Last FAA action
- June 17, 2008
- Last owner
- Third Coast Aviation INC (Corporation)
Paducah, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N1285S
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · serial 1061
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the helicopter's fuel system resulting in an in-flight loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of overboard porting of fuel when the airframe fuel filter was left in the 'drain and locked' position and the subsequent collision with trees during an attempted autorotation.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site