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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N452MC
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N452MC

Bell 206B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N452MC is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1995. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Citrus County Mosquito Control District, a government body in Lecanto, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 8, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 30, 2014.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206B · all 206Bs 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
4377
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-C20J · 420 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1995
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A57AA0 (octal 51275240)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 8, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 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 · May 30, 2014
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00465671

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Citrus County Mosquito Control District
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
968 N Lecanto Hwy
Lecanto, FL 34461-9683

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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

2013-12-11Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58C · Third notice for re-registration or renewal

Connections how N452MC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Lecanto, FL 12 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N452MC.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N452MC, 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 Citrus County Mosquito Control District, a government body, certificate issued August 8, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 30, 2014, 19 years after the 1995 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4377 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N452MC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58C (serial 69-16110, cancelled December 11, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N452MC: Accident on March 27, 2012 at Mccomb, MS: 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

ERA12LA258Accident on March 27, 2012 at Mccomb, MS: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 69-16110

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorcraft Developement CORP. OH-58C · operated under 091

A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation at the Nos. 5 and 8 engine bearings, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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

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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data