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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N137MS
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N137MS

Bell 206B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas
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N137MS is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1979. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Kansas State University, a government body in Salina, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 10, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206B · all 206Bs and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 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
2686
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 · Allison 250 SER 400HP · 400 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A09656 (octal 50113126)

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 19, 2017
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 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 · May 10, 1979
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00833032

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kansas State University (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
C/O Polytechnic Campus Avn Dept
2310 Centennial Rd
Salina, KS 67401-8058
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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

2007-03-12Let N P Kinovice Z37A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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The public federal record on N137MS, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Kansas State University, a government body, certificate issued May 19, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 10, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2686 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N137MS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Let N P Kinovice Z37A (serial 14-05, cancelled March 12, 2007). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N137MS: Accident on October 24, 2003 at Oak Hill, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA04LA011Accident on October 24, 2003 at Oak Hill, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 14-05

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Let Np Kinovice Z37A · operated under 091

The pilots failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to re-enter the pattern resulting in an inadvertent stall and impact with trees and the ground during the subsequent uncontrolled descent.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data