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A Bell 430, the same model family as N430ST
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N430ST

Bell 430

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia
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N430ST is a Bell 430, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2000. It has 10 seats. It is registered to High Performance Helicopters CORP, a corporation in Crestline, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 30, 2000.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
430 · all 430s 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 430 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
49071
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 · Allison 250 SERIES · 300 hp
Seats
10
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A524C0 (octal 51222300)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 26, 2024
Expires
September 30, 2031
Last FAA action
October 16, 2025
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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 30, 2000
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00493615

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
High Performance Helicopters CORP
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
PO Box 390
Crestline, CA 92325-0390

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N430ST links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Crestline, CA 19 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,610 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N430ST, 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 High Performance Helicopters CORP, a corporation, certificate issued September 26, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 30, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 49071 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N430ST 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 N430ST: Accident on October 27, 2018 at Kailua, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. 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

WPR19LA028Accident on October 27, 2018 at Kailua, HI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 430 · operated under 135

The separation of one of the tail rotors blades’ root enclosures due to improper repair.

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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