Bell 206B
N85RB is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lyndon, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for patrolling, dated January 6, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 831
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20 · 400 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- ABA678 (octal 52723170)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 8, 2008
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Patrolling · January 6, 2010
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00533603
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scott John D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 606
Lyndon, KS 66451-0606
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 N85RB, 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 Scott John D, an individual, certificate issued December 8, 2008, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 6, 2010, 38 years after the 1972 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 831 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N85RB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Balzer DSK-1 HAWK (serial 75-0042, cancelled December 17, 1981). 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]
2 NTSB records under N85RB: Accident on June 11, 2023 at Pratt, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 2, 2012 at Valley Falls, KS: minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 091
Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN23LA237 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during a hover maneuver, which resulted in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12LA267 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