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A Bell 214, the same model family as N214B
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N214B

Bell 214B-1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana
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N214B is a Bell 214B-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 16 seats. It is registered to Central Copters INC, a corporation in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2002 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 1, 2002.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
214B-1 · all 214B-1s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell 214 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
28039
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-55 SER TS · 2650 hp
Seats
16
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A1C877 (octal 50344167)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 16, 2002
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 1, 2002
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00025222

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Central Copters 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 7300
Bozeman, MT 59771-7300

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

1997-01-02Dopita Robert A RANS S-10 · exported to Germany · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N214B links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Bell 214 31 registered
  • Bell 3,081 aircraft on the register
  • Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
Engine
  • Lycoming T-55 series 6 aircraft with this engine series · 2650 hp
  • Type certificate H6SW · held by Bell Textron INC
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N214B, 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 Central Copters INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 16, 2002, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 2002, 24 years after the 1978 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 28039 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N214B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Dopita Robert A RANS S-10 (serial 0190084, cancelled January 2, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N214B: Accident on September 17, 2004 at Aspen, CO: 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

DEN04LA145Accident on September 17, 2004 at Aspen, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 214B-1 · operated under 091

the inadvertent activation of the engine's fuel shut off valve, resulting in the reduction of engine power to 50 percent due to an improper cannon plug wire repair on the engine's wire harness assembly. Contributing factors include the improper wire repair, the low altitude, and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data