Bell 206B
N83TJ is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1982. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Columbia, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 9, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 3594
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20J · 420 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1982
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- AB57B3 (octal 52653663)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 20, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 9, 2010
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00522232
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gotcher Corby W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 1093
West Columbia, TX 77486-1093
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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N83TJ, 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 Gotcher Corby W, an individual, certificate issued May 20, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 9, 2010, 28 years after the 1982 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 3594 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N83TJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech B200 (serial BB-920, cancelled January 15, 1993). 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]
1 NTSB record under N83TJ: Accident on June 28, 1986 at Avoca, PA: 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: Thomas PITTS S-1T · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC86FHA03 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