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N85BH

Brent Huddleston BEARHAWK MODEL B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N85BH is a Brent Huddleston BEARHAWK MODEL B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Canton, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 16, 2021.

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Aircraft

Maker
Brent Huddleston
Model
BEARHAWK MODEL B
Serial number
15B-28B/29B-1531B
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O-540-E4A5 · 260 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2020
Kit
AVIPRO AIRCRAFT LTD BEARHAWK MODEL B
Transponder code
ABA520 (octal 52722440)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 9, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 9, 2025
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 16, 2021
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01327334

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Roholt Philip C
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5234 Violet Knoll Ave NE
Canton, OH 44705-3270

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2014-02-07Bell 206B · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N85BH, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Roholt Philip C, an individual, certificate issued October 9, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 16, 2021, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15B-28B/29B-1531B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N85BH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 3792, cancelled February 7, 2014). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N85BH: Accident on March 10, 2005 at Shelbyville, TX: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal). Incident on December 13, 1982 at Wichita, KS: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 2

DFW05FA086Accident on March 10, 2005 at Shelbyville, TX: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 3792

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B-3 · operated under PUBU

The pilot's failure to maintain altitude and clearance for undetermined reasons.

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MKC83IA035Incident on December 13, 1982 at Wichita, KS: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: B-6

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 100 · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data