Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N20Z is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1982. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Patriot Aviation INC, a non-citizen corporation in Greenville, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 7, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206L-1 · all 206L-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 45334
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C30 SER · 650 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1982
- Transponder code
- A191E9 (octal 50310751)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 8, 2014
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 7, 1998
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00552335
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Patriot Aviation INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- Attn: Terry Dougherty
3801 Kennett Pike Bldg C Ste 100
Greenville, DE 19807
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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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N20Z, 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 Patriot Aviation INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued September 8, 2014, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 7, 1998, 16 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45334 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N20Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grumman G-44A (serial 1448, cancelled July 22, 1970). 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]
1 NTSB record under N20Z: Accident on May 7, 2013 at La Junta, CO: 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 206L-1 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind during low-altitude operations, which resulted in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA310 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
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