Bell 222
N222EX is a Bell 222, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1980. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mentone, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 21, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 222 · all 222s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell 222 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
- 47043
- 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, 2 motors · Rolls-Royc 250-C30G · 650 hp
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 172 mph
- Transponder code
- A1E8E9 (octal 50364351)
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 22, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- July 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 21, 2007
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00580524
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nixon Eric J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 676
Mentone, CA 92359-0676
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
Connections how N222EX links to the rest of the register
- Bell 222 21 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce 250-C30G 3 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
- Type certificate H9SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron
- Mentone, CA 13 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 222 43 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 222 340 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 222 115 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C30G 12 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N222EX, 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 Nixon Eric J, an individual, certificate issued January 22, 2020, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The registration expires on January 31, 2027, in 100 days. Renewal is routine but must be done by the owner of record. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 21, 2007, 27 years after the 1980 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 47043 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N222EX was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hilyard Roger C DRAGONFLY (serial 098, cancelled July 22, 2000). 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 N222EX: Accident on October 11, 2025 at Huntington Beach, CA: serious 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 222 · operated under 091
On October 11, 2025, at 1401 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 222 helicopter, N222EX, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Huntington Beach, California. The pilot and passenger received serious injuries. One person on the ground received serious injuries and two others received minor injuries. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he and the passenger departed from Redlands, California, and intended to land in a Huntington Beach parking lot for a large public event. The pilot approached…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data