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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N23SD
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N23SD

Bell 206B II

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington
Records check, free: 1 to understand, 3 clearWhere is it now

N23SD is a Bell 206B II, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC in Chelan, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 28, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 16, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206B II · all 206B IIs and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 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
811
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, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20 · 400 hp
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A207BB (octal 50403673)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 28, 2021
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 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 · December 16, 2004
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00340687

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
North Wind 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
PO Box 518
Chelan, WA 98816-0518

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N23SD links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C20 42 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N23SD, 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 North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 28, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 811 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N23SD according to the deregistered file. [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 N23SD: Accident on March 19, 2025 at Mountain Home Park, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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

WPR25FA114Accident on March 19, 2025 at Mountain Home Park, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B II · operated under 137

On March 19, 2025, at 1228 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 206B II, N23SD, was substantially damaged when it impacted electrical cables and terrain near Mountain Home Park, Washington. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. According to the helicopter operator, the pilot had applied herbicide to a field near Dayton, Washington and was enroute to another area to be sprayed. At 1229, the Columbia County 911 dispatch center received an automated voice call from the pilot’s cell phone indicating it…

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data