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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 831
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 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 registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 8, 2008
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · PatrollingFAA certificate purpose code 5 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 6, 2010
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00533603
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scott John D
- 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
- 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
Connections how N85RB links to the rest of the register
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1,454 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce 250-C20 42 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
- Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- Lyndon, KS 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Dragoon Creek Airport · 39K
- Kansas 5,736 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 129 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 8,888 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 764 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C20 24 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N85RB.json.
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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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 091
Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data