Bell 206B
N5QV is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to Helicopters INC, a corporation in Cahokia, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 24, 1999 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 21, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 3098
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A636B0 (octal 51433260)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 1999
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 21, 1992
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00382070
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 5000 Omega Dr
Cahokia, IL 62206-1469
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 · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N5QV, 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 Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 24, 1999, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3098 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5QV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcgirl Patrick QUESTAIR VENTURE (serial 108, cancelled August 13, 2003). 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 N5QV: Accident on March 21, 2025 at Chamblee, GA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 1, 2001 at Ogden, UT: serious injuries, destroyed. 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: Bell 206 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during approach due to fuel exhaustion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA156 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: 2001 Mcgirl QUESTAIR VENTURE · operated under 091
an in-flight fire, which originated from a fuel leak of unknown origin.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN01LA109 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