Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N25BH is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1979. It has 7 seats. It is registered to 25Bh LLC, an LLC in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 18, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206L-1 · all 206L-1s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA 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
- 45336
- 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 · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A25546 (octal 50452506)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 2024
- Expires
- February 28, 2031
- Last FAA action
- February 5, 2024
- 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 18, 1979
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00172020
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- 25Bh 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
- 16192 Coastal Hwy
Lewes, DE 19958-3608
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 1
Connections how N25BH links to the rest of the register
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1,453 registered
- Bell Helicopter Textron 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250 series 446 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- 25Bh LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Lewes, DE 897 aircraft registered in this town
- Delaware 10,969 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 129 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 8,889 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 764 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N25BH, 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 25Bh LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 3, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 18, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45336 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N25BH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Gulfstream American Corp. G-1159 (serial 237, cancelled February 10, 1982). 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 N25BH: Accident on April 8, 1995 at Boise, ID: 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: Cessna 402B · operated under 135
FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO PERFORM ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT DURING TAXI, AND THE GROUND CONTROLLER'S FAILURE TO IDENTIFY THE POSITION OF THE PIPER PA-34 BEFORE ISSUING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DECREASED VISIBILITY DUE TO DARKNESS AND RAIN, PARTIAL FAILURE OF ATC EQUIPMENT DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE, AND DIVERTED ATTENTION OF ATC PERSONNEL DUE TO THE PARTIAL FAILURE OF ATC EQUIPMENT.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data