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Bell 205A-1
N32240 is a Bell 205A-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1981. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Ventura County Sheriffs Department, a government body in Camarillo, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2000 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated March 31, 1981.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 205A-1 · all 205A-1s 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 Bell 205 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
- 30012
- 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 · Lycoming T53-L-13 · 1400 hp
- Seats
- 15
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A378BB (octal 50674273)
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 12, 2000
- Expires
- January 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 · To show compliance with regulationsFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 31, 1981
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00150136
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ventura County Sheriffs Department
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 375 Durley Ave Ste A
Camarillo, CA 93010-8528
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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 N32240 links to the rest of the register
- Bell 205 58 registered
- Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming T53-L-13 62 aircraft with this engine series · 1400 hp
- Type certificate H1SW · held by Bell Textron INC
- Ventura County Sheriffs Department 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Camarillo, CA 150 aircraft registered in this town
- Camarillo Airport · CMA
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 205 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 205 242 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 205 236 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N32240, 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 Ventura County Sheriffs Department, a government body, certificate issued April 12, 2000, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The registration expires on January 31, 2027, in 95 days. Renewal is routine but must be done by the owner of record. [1]
Experimental certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated March 31, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N32240 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-200 (serial 28R7535037, cancelled date not given). 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 N32240: Accident on August 13, 1983 at Farley, MO: serious 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28R-200 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data