Bell UH-1B
N234SJ is a Bell UH-1B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1962. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Porter Flying Services INC, a corporation in Chico, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2002 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated September 16, 1991.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- UH-1B · all UH-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 388
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming T-53 SERIES · 1150 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A218F5 (octal 50414365)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 20, 2002
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 16, 1991
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00105031
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Porter Flying Services INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 8562 Aguas Frias Rd
Chico, CA 95928-9521
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N234SJ, 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 Porter Flying Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 20, 2002, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 16, 1991, 29 years after the 1962 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 388 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N234SJ according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N234SJ: Accident on March 2, 2023 at Orland, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 16, 2003 at Durham, CA: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1B · operated under 137
The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1B · operated under 091
Separation of the power turbine shaft retaining bolt resulting in extensive power turbine area damage and a loss of shaft output power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data