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Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505
N12YA is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2018. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Helicopters INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 30, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 1, 2018. 2 documents are on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership), loan release.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 2:03 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
- Model
- 505 · all 505s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bell 505 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 65103
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Turbomeca ARRIUS 2R · 505 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 2018
- Transponder code
- A05380 (octal 50051600)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 30, 2018
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 1, 2018
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01276724
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Helicopters INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3422 Old Capitol Trl Ste 321
Wilmington, DE 19808-6124
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 2
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N12YA links to the rest of the register
- Bell 505 196 registered
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 731 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2R 14 aircraft with this engine series · 505 hp
- Type certificate R00008RD · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- Helicopters INC 57 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Wilmington, DE 7,379 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,970 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 505 22 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 505 29 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 505 33 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Drive Shaft, worn · 2020-10-10
- Where N12YA is now · Last seen yesterday at 2:03 pm.
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The public federal record on N12YA, 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 Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 30, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 1, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 65103 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N12YA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Let BLANIK L-13 (serial 025321, cancelled June 7, 2012). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 23, 2026), Loan release (October 26, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N12YA: Accident on September 2, 2006 at Hampshire, IL: 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: Let Blanik L-13 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate approach for landing and his failure to attain a proper descent rate.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data