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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N868H
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N868H

Bell 206L-3

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington
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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.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206L-3 · all 206L-3s and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A 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
51318
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 · Allison 250-C20 · 400 hp
Seats
7
Year built
1989
Transponder code
ABED3E (octal 52766476)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 5, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 5, 2024
Airworthiness
MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 22, 2025
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00155212

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Weyerhaeuser Nr CO
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
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

1929-09-12Davis V-3 · Valid registration

Connections how N868H links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 54 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Weyerhaeuser Nr CO, a corporation, certificate issued April 5, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 51318 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

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 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]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

WPR26LA086Accident on January 15, 2026 at Logsden, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage.

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.

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

WPR13LA303Accident on June 28, 2013 at Missoula, MT: serious injuries, substantial damage.

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.

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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data