Bell 205A-1
N456TA is a Bell 205A-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1975. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Roberts Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 21, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 205A-1 · all 205A-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 30175
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Lycoming T5317B · 1500 hp
- Seats
- 15
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A58A10 (octal 51305020)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 9, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · January 21, 2019
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00411939
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Roberts Aircraft LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4101 Evans Ave
Cheyenne, WY 82001-1469
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N456TA, 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 Roberts Aircraft LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 9, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 21, 2019, 44 years after the 1975 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30175 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N456TA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna U206G (serial U20605034, cancelled July 18, 2013). 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 N456TA: Accident on July 1, 1998 at Aleknagik, AK: 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 206G · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing. A factor associated with the accident is the presence of a variable wind condition, and the pilot's decision not to perform a go-around.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC98LA090 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data