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N46969

Bell UH-1B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana
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N46969 is a Bell UH-1B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to R & R Conner Aviation LLC, an LLC in Conner, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 7, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; other, dated September 1, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
UH-1B · all UH-1Bs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 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
63-8548
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
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
103 mph
Transponder code
A5BE56 (octal 51337126)

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 7, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest; Patrolling; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 12450 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 1, 1981
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00803374

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
R & R Conner 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
PO Box 313
Conner, MT 59827-0313

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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

1955-11-18Fairchild M-62A-3 · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N46969, 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 R & R Conner Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 7, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 63-8548 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N46969 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A-3 (serial 10224AE, cancelled November 18, 1955). 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

2 NTSB records under N46969: Accident on May 8, 2015 at Kettle Falls, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 5, 2007 at Ennis, MT: 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

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NTSB records 2

WPR15LA159Accident on May 8, 2015 at Kettle Falls, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick UH-1B · operated under 133

A total loss of engine power due to foreign object (towel) ingestion. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s inadequate postmaintenance inspection of the engine.

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

SEA08LA043Accident on December 5, 2007 at Ennis, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1B · operated under 091

The loss of collective control friction during takeoff that resulted in a collective bounce oscillation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aborted takeoff and the snow covered terrain.

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data