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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N61PH
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N61PH

Bell 206B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware
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N61PH is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1981. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Tre Aviation CORP, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 27, 2004 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated January 25, 2019.

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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
3282
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-C20B · 420 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A7EDB2 (octal 51766662)

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 27, 2004
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 25, 2019
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00861481

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tre Aviation CORP
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
3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1991-10-29Swearingen SA-26AT · exported to Brazil · Valid registration

Connections how N61PH links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 215 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N61PH, 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 Tre Aviation CORP, a corporation, certificate issued July 27, 2004, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 25, 2019, 38 years after the 1981 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3282 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N61PH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Swearingen SA-26AT (serial T26143, cancelled October 29, 1991). 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 N61PH: Accident on April 16, 2019 at Fort Mcdowell, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 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

WPR19FA109Accident on April 16, 2019 at Fort Mcdowell, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206 · operated under 091

The separation of the main rotor head from the mast as a result of a sudden displacement of the cyclic stick during a low-G maneuver, leading to mast bumping. Contributing to the accident were the unsecure positioning of the flight test engineer’s laptop computer and the deviation from standard operating procedures to leave the left seat cyclic control installed during the test flight.

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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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data