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N169AA

Bell Helicopter Textron 206B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon
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N169AA is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1973. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Pierce Associates LLC, an LLC in Prineville, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 2, 2021.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell Helicopter Textron
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
990
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-C20B · 420 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
5
Year built
1973
Transponder code
A1131E (octal 50211436)

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 20, 2021
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 · July 2, 2021
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01340656

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pierce Associates LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 15
Prineville, OR 97754-0015

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

2011-07-15Cessna T210N · exported to Brazil · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N169AA, 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 Pierce Associates LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 20, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 2, 2021, 48 years after the 1973 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 990 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N169AA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210N (serial 21063971, cancelled July 15, 2011). 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 N169AA: Accident on August 1, 2022 at Arcadia, IA: minor 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

CEN22LA351Accident on August 1, 2022 at Arcadia, IA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell Helicopter Textron 206B · operated under 137

Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly torque a fuel control unit B-nut, which resulted in a loss of engine power at low altitude and an impact with terrain.

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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 November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data