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Bell 204-B
N204AQ is a Bell 204-B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to Tamarack Helicopters INC, a corporation in Stevensville, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 29, 1986.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 204-B · all 204-Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell 204 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
- 2198
- 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 · Lycoming T-53 · 1150 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A1A0EE (octal 50320356)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 16, 2018
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 29, 1986
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00340760
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tamarack 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
- PO Box 375
Stevensville, MT 59870-0375
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N204AQ links to the rest of the register
- Bell 204 7 registered
- Bell 3,080 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming T-53 60 aircraft with this engine series · 1150 hp
- Type certificate H1SW · held by Bell Textron INC
- Tamarack Helicopters INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Stevensville, MT 54 aircraft registered in this town
- Stevensville Airport · 32S
- Montana 6,041 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 204 58 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 204 77 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 204 102 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Lycoming T-53 9 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N204AQ, 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 Tamarack Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 16, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2198 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N204AQ according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N204AQ: Accident on May 2, 1993 at Copper Harbor, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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: Bell 204B · operated under 133
FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX, AND IMPROPER HELICOPTER OPERATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE OPERATOR RESULTING IN REPETITIVE AT AND OVER MAXIMUM LOADS. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: MATERIAL DEFECT OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX (INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL) BY THE COMPANY/OPERATOR, AND INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF BOTH THE COMPANY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY BY THE FAA.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data