Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
N601GM is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1981. It has 7 seats. It is registered to North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 14, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206L-1 · all 206L-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 45638
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 317HP · 317 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- A7CB98 (octal 51745630)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 30, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 30, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 14, 1981
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00481072
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- North Wind Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 520 Palmer Ave
Cottage Grove, OR 97424-9633
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N601GM, 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 North Wind Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 30, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 14, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 45638 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N601GM according to the deregistered file. [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 N601GM: Accident on August 12, 2006 at Ozona, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 25, 2002 at North Las Vegas, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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 206L-1 · operated under 133
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable terrain for landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW06LA197 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-1 · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power due to an inadequate fuel supply.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX02LA295 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data