Bell 206B
N8159J is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Forming Agrotors INC, a corporation in Louisville, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 12, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 512
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20 · 400 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- AB1F8B (octal 52617613)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 6, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 12, 2014
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00200132
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Forming Agrotors INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 34 Stringer Industrial Park Rd
Louisville, MS 39339
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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 N8159J, 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 Forming Agrotors INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 6, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 12, 2014, 44 years after the 1970 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 512 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8159J 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]
1 NTSB record under N8159J: Accident on July 6, 2017 at Dixon, KY: no injuries, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206 · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid power lines while maneuvering at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to adequately identify hazards to flight during agricultural application operation planning.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA393 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