Bell UH-1B
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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- UH-1B · all UH-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 63-8548
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A5BE56 (octal 51337126)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 7, 2018
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest; Patrolling; Other · September 1, 1981
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00803374
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- R & R Conner Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 313
Conner, MT 59827-0313
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 · 2 to understand · 2 clear
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.
Valid registration to R & R Conner Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 7, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 63-8548 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
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]
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]
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]
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 2
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR15LA159 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA08LA043 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