Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N206LW is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department, a government body in Modesto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 20, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 27, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206L-1 · all 206L-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 45182
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 400HP · 400 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- A1A95C (octal 50324534)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 20, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 27, 1978
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00954041
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 250 E Hackett Rd
Modesto, CA 95358-9415
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N206LW, 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 Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department, a government body, certificate issued December 20, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 27, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45182 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N206LW 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 N206LW: Accident on July 30, 2016 at Modesto, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 Helicopter Textron 206 · operated under PUBU
The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during an autorotation, which resulted in abnormal ground contact and main rotor contact with the tail boom. Contributing to the accident was the low fuel level which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power during the right turn to final.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA408 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data