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A Bell 505, the same model family as N505TZ
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N505TZ

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N505TZ is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2017. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Bell Textron INC, a corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 10, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
Model
505 · all 505s 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 505 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
65012
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 · Turbomeca ARRIUS 2R · 505 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2017
Transponder code
A64E44 (octal 51447104)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 7, 2017
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
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 · July 10, 2017
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01257395

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bell Textron INC
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
3255 Bell Flight Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76118-7630

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.

Connections how N505TZ links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Turbomeca (Safran) ARRIUS 2R 14 aircraft with this engine series · 505 hp
  • Type certificate R00008RD · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
  • Bell Textron INC 95 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to May 7, 2027
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N505TZ, 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 Bell Textron INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 7, 2017, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated July 10, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 65012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N505TZ 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 N505TZ: Accident on December 19, 2025 at Fort Worth, TX: minor 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

CEN26LA065Accident on December 19, 2025 at Fort Worth, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 · operated under 091

The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision during the approach and delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control.

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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