Bell 206B
N205PA is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1976. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Ridgeline Enterprises LLC, an LLC in Twin Falls, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 7, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 1996
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 400HP · 400 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A1A5DC (octal 50322734)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 16, 2017
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 7, 1976
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00682281
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ridgeline Enterprises LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 268 Victory Ave
Twin Falls, ID 83301-5515
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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N205PA, 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 Ridgeline Enterprises LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 16, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 7, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1996 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N205PA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200 (serial BB-1959, cancelled January 22, 2008). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N205PA: Accident on June 3, 2023 at Filer, ID: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 15, 1988 at Panama City: serious injuries. 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper anti-torque pedal inputs during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control during takeoff and subsequent dynamic rollover.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus Industrie A-300B4-203 · operated under 121
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data