Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N303AE 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 North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 20, 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
- 45348
- 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
- A32A7C (octal 50625174)
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 5, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- 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 20, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00271490
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
- 520 Palmer Ave
Cottage Grove, OR 97424-9633
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N303AE 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
- North Wind Aviation LLC 12 aircraft in the fleet
- Cottage Grove, OR 38 aircraft registered in this town
- Cottage Grove State Airport · 61S
- Oregon 7,008 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 N303AE, 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 North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 5, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 20, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45348 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N303AE 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 N303AE: Accident on August 27, 2021 at Glide, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree during an aerial application.
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