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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N170AM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N170AM

Bell 206L-3

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesLouisiana
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N170AM is a Bell 206L-3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1982. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Premier Rotors LLC, an LLC in Saint Martinville, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 25, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206L-3 · all 206L-3s 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
51036
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 · Rolls-Royc 250-C30P · 650 hp
Seats
7
Year built
1982
Transponder code
A11939 (octal 50214471)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 28, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 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 · August 25, 2009
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00381623

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Premier Rotors 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
7020 Main Hwy
Saint Martinville, LA 70582-7237

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N170AM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C30P 151 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
Place
  • Saint Martinville, LA 18 aircraft registered in this town
  • Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N170AM, 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 Premier Rotors LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 28, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 25, 2009, 27 years after the 1982 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 51036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N170AM according to the deregistered file. [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 N170AM: Accident on July 9, 2021 at Berlin, IL: no 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

CEN21LA432Accident on July 9, 2021 at Berlin, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-3 · operated under 137

The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter with a stuck skid, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data