Bell 206-L4
N216MH is a Bell 206-L4, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Meridian Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Broussard, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 11, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206-L4 · all 206-L4s and related versions
- Serial number
- 52296
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250 20&30 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A1D0E7 (octal 50350347)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 11, 2005
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00129059
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Meridian Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 210 Stanton Rd
Broussard, LA 70518-3431
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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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N216MH, 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 Meridian Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 16, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 11, 2005, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52296 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N216MH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Avions Pierre Robin PIERRE ROBIN R2160 (serial C209, cancelled date not given). 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 N216MH: Accident on April 10, 2025 at Jersey City, NJ: fatal, destroyed (6 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 206L-4 · operated under 091
On April 10, 2025, about 1515 eastern daylight time, a Bell 206L-4 helicopter, N216MH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Jersey City, New Jersey. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 air tour flight. Preliminary Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) flight track data obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed the helicopter departed Downtown Manhattan/Wall Street Heliport (JRB), New York, New York, about 1458. The helicopter flew a teardrop patter…
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- 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