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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N5TV
A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger like this one, not N5TV itself. Photo: Mfield - Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N5TV itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N5TV

Bell 206B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Jersey
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 3 clearWhere is it now

N5TV is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1988. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Helicopters INC, a corporation in Linden, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2003 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 23, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206B · all 206Bs 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
4036
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 · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
5
Year built
1988
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A636FB (octal 51433373)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 23, 2003
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 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 · January 23, 1989
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00894432

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
1101 W Edgar Rd # 405C
Linden, NJ 07036-6551

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

2004-08-28Beech 58 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N5TV links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
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 N5TV, 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 June 23, 2003, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated January 23, 1989, consistent with the 1988 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5TV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 58 (serial TH-193, cancelled August 28, 2004). 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 N5TV: Accident on December 24, 2002 at Egypt, AR: fatal, destroyed (1 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

FTW03FA064Accident on December 24, 2002 at Egypt, AR: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: TH-193

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech BE-58 · operated under 091

The pilot's inadvertent flight into severe icing conditions. A contributing factor was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

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