Boeing-Vertol 234
N239CH is a Boeing-Vertol 234, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1981. It has 44 seats. It is registered to Columbia Helicopters INC, a corporation in Aurora, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated March 14, 2026.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Columbia Helicopters, Inc, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen Wednesday at 5:35 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing-Vertol
- Model
- 234 · all 234s 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 Boeing-Vertol 234 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
- MJ006
- 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 · Honeywell AL5512 · 4075 hp
- Seats
- 44
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- A22A29 (octal 50425051)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2017
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 14, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00535031
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Columbia Helicopters INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 14452 Arndt Rd NE
Aurora, OR 97002-9525
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.
Connections how N239CH links to the rest of the register
- Boeing-Vertol 234 10 registered
- Boeing-Vertol 24 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Columbia Helicopters, Inc · charter operator
- Honeywell AL5512 5 aircraft with this engine series · 4075 hp
- Type certificate H9EA · held by Columbia Helicopters INC
- Columbia Helicopters INC 33 aircraft in the fleet
- Aurora, OR 269 aircraft registered in this town
- Aurora State Airport · UAO
- Oregon 7,013 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing-Vertol 234 117 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing-Vertol 234 11 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Control Box, failed · 2020-09-06
- Report filed on this aircraft: Control Box, failed · 2020-09-06
- Report filed on this aircraft: Control Box, failed · 2020-09-02
- Where N239CH is now · Last seen Wednesday at 5:35 pm.
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The public federal record on N239CH, 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 Columbia Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 4, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 14, 2026, 45 years after the 1981 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 MJ006 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N239CH 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 N239CH: Accident on August 22, 2008 at Burns, OR: 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: Boeing BV234 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles while taxiing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data