Bell 206-L4
N73AW is a Bell 206-L4, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 7 seats. It is registered to Tre Aviation CORP, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 25, 1999.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206-L4 · all 206-L4s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA 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
- 52115
- 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-C30 SER · 650 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A9C8C7 (octal 52344307)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 26, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 26, 2024
- 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 · February 25, 1999
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00785152
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
- 3571 Silverside Rd # 105
Wilmington, DE 19810
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
Connections how N73AW links to the rest of the register
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1,453 registered
- Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C30 series 224 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
- Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- Tre Aviation CORP 26 aircraft in the fleet
- Wilmington, DE 7,374 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,962 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 129 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 8,888 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 764 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N73AW.json.
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The public federal record on N73AW, 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 Tre Aviation CORP, a corporation, certificate issued April 26, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. 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 52115 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N73AW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R7680055, cancelled November 18, 1994). 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]
3 NTSB records under N73AW: Accident on April 6, 2016 at Supai, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 2, 2015 at Dewey, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 13, 1994 at Glenville, NC: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206 · operated under 133
The pilot's decision to fly a normal approach and forgetting that the long line remained attached to the helicopter, which resulted in the line snagging on a ridgeline, a loss of lateral control, and a rollover.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206 L4 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 2 bearing, which resulted from a fractured separator.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
THE FATIGUE FAILURE OF #4 INTAKE VALVE. A FACTOR WAS HILLY TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data