Bell 205A-1
N66HJ is a Bell 205A-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1976. It has 15 seats. It is registered to Echo Foxtrot Holdings LLC, an LLC in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated June 17, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 205A-1 · all 205A-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 30239
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Lycoming T-53 SERIES · 1150 hp
- Seats
- 15
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 103 mph
- Transponder code
- A8B298 (octal 52131230)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 4, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · June 17, 1993
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00190745
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Echo Foxtrot Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 16192 Coastal Hwy
Lewes, DE 19958-3608
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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 N66HJ, 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 Echo Foxtrot Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 4, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 17, 1993, 17 years after the 1976 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30239 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N66HJ 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 N66HJ: Accident on September 7, 2022 at Cougar, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 3, 1992 at Arco, ID: substantial damage. 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 205A-1 · operated under PUBU
The helicopter’s encounter with downdrafts during a low-altitude hovering maneuver while dipping for water.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 205A-1 · operated under PUBU
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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