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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Bell TH-13T
N23590 is a Bell TH-13T, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1965. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Ras Aviation LLC, an LLC in Mansfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 17, 1994.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- TH-13T · all TH-13Ts and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open welded steel-tube frame with a plexiglass bubble. This is how the Bell TH-13 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
- 3506
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A21EBF (octal 50417277)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2015
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 17, 1994
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00632342
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ras Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2708 N 1300 East Rd
Mansfield, IL 61854-6962
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N23590 links to the rest of the register
- Bell TH-13 19 registered
- Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming TVO-435-GIA 88 aircraft with this engine series · 280 hp
- Ras Aviation LLC 16 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Mansfield, IL 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TVO-435-GIA 10 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TVO-435-GIA 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N23590, 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 Ras Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 4, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 17, 1994, 29 years after the 1965 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 3506 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N23590 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]
1 NTSB record under N23590: Accident on July 2, 1999 at Trenton, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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 47 · operated under 137
The loss of main rotor rpm due to improper use of the flight controls by the pilot. Factors were the tailwind and trees.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data