Bell 206L-3
N868H is a Bell 206L-3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1989. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Weyerhaeuser Nr CO, a corporation in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated March 22, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 206L-3 · all 206L-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 51318
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 · 400 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- ABED3E (octal 52766476)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 5, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 5, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · March 22, 2025
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00155212
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Weyerhaeuser Nr CO
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 220 Occidental Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104-3120
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 N868H, 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 Weyerhaeuser Nr CO, a corporation, certificate issued April 5, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 22, 2025, 36 years after the 1989 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 51318 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N868H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Davis V-3 (serial 108, cancelled September 12, 1929). 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 N868H: Accident on January 15, 2026 at Logsden, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 28, 2013 at Missoula, MT: serious 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 206L-3 · operated under 137
The inadvertent entanglement of a long line with the skid, which resulted in a loss of flight control. Contributing to the accident was the use of nylon lines instead of steel cables to secure the bucket.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA086 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-3 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to prevent the helicopter from settling with power and to maintain proper position relative to an external load, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR13LA303 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