Bell 230
N230H is a Bell 230, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1994. It has 11 seats. It is registered to an individual in Laguna Niguel, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 12, 2021.
Where is it now Last seen Monday at 5:09 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 230 · all 230s 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 230 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
- 23019
- 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/2 · 650 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 1994
- Transponder code
- A2092F (octal 50404457)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 2020
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 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 · January 12, 2021
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00924822
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Heger Scott 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
- 1 Crystal View Rdg
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-7958
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 2
Connections how N230H links to the rest of the register
- Bell 230 13 registered
- Bell 3,079 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/2 3 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
- Type certificate H9SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron
- Laguna Niguel, CA 34 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,713 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 230 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 230 639 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 230 59 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C30G/2 11 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Engine, power loss · 2005-09-04
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery, weak · 2003-07-17
- Report filed on this aircraft: Indicator, malfunctioned · 2003-05-16
- Where N230H is now · Last seen Monday at 5:09 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N230H.json.
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The public federal record on N230H, 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 Heger Scott J, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 12, 2021, 27 years after the 1994 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 23019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N230H was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4 (serial 7136, cancelled May 5, 1999); Fleet 1 (serial 98, cancelled April 26, 1960). 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 N230H: Accident on August 28, 1998 at Topeka, KS: 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: Mbb BK-117 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to assure the engine cowling was secured during the aircraft preflight which resulted in the cowling separating from the helicopter and damaging the main rotor and tail rotor system. Factors associated with the accident were the cowling not being secured and inadequate design of the latching system by the manufacturer.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data