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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206-L4 · all 206-L4s and related versions
- Serial number
- 52115
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C30 SER · 650 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A9C8C7 (octal 52344307)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 26, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 26, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 25, 1999
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00785152
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tre Aviation CORP
- Type
- Corporation
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA179 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR15LA177 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
THE FATIGUE FAILURE OF #4 INTAKE VALVE. A FACTOR WAS HILLY TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL94FA171 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data