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N226SA

Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2+

Valid Illinois

N226SA is an Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2007. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Bennett Aviation LLC, an LLC in Elmhurst, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 25, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh
Model
EC 135 P2+ · all EC 135 P2+s and related versions
Serial number
0559
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW206B · 431 hp
Seats
7
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A1F8DC (octal 50374334)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 27, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 25, 2007
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00347509

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bennett Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
395 W Lake St
Elmhurst, IL 60126-1508

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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

2012-03-01Dehavilland DHC-6-300 · exported to Maldives · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N226SA, 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 Bennett Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 27, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 25, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0559 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N226SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (serial 585, cancelled March 1, 2012). 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 N226SA: Accident on June 18, 2022 at Waukesha, WI: 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

CEN22LA258Accident on June 18, 2022 at Waukesha, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH EC 135 P2+ · operated under 135

The separation and subsequent ingestion of the fenestron fairing cover into the fenestron blades for undetermined reasons.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN22LA258 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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