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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N569T
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026
N569T

Bell 206-L4

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware
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N569T is a Bell 206-L4, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Helicopters INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 22, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206-L4 · all 206-L4s 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
52290
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 · Rolls-Royc 250 20&30 SER · 420 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
7
Year built
2004
Transponder code
A74A02 (octal 51645002)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 26, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 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 · September 22, 2004
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00124559

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Helicopters 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
3422 Old Capitol Trl Ste 321
Wilmington, DE 19808-6124

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

1998-08-31Beech B95A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N569T links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250 20&30 series 29 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
  • Helicopters INC 57 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N569T, 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 Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 26, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 22, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52290 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N569T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech B95A (serial TD462, cancelled August 31, 1998). 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 N569T: Accident on March 15, 1998 at Little River, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal). 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

LAX98FA113Accident on March 15, 1998 at Little River, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).serial on NTSB record: TD-462

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B95A · operated under 091

the pilot's inadvertent visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper weather evaluation.

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