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Bell UH-1H
N9151A is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to Down East Emergency Medicine Institute, a corporation in Orono, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- UH-1H · all UH-1Hs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 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
- 73-21692
- 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
- Seats
- 15
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ACABBA (octal 53125672)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 23, 2021
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01346838
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Down East Emergency Medicine Institute
- 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
- PO Box 268
Orono, ME 04473-0268
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 3
Connections how N9151A links to the rest of the register
- Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 398 registered
- Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Down East Emergency Medicine Institute 8 aircraft in the fleet
- Orono, ME 37 aircraft registered in this town
- Maine 1,427 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 33 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 118 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell UH-1 Huey (Iroquois) 31 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Gearbox, corroded · 1998-01-06
- Report filed on this aircraft: Stabilizer, cracked · 1997-11-13
- Report filed on this aircraft: Boom Assy, bent · 1997-11-13
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The public federal record on N9151A, 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 Down East Emergency Medicine Institute, a corporation, certificate issued August 23, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 73-21692 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9151A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Aerospatiale SA315B ALOUETTE III (serial 238540, cancelled March 17, 1998); Piper PA-38-112 (serial 3882A0107, cancelled April 3, 1991); Cessna 170A (serial 18912, cancelled January 3, 1973). 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]
1 NTSB record under N9151A: Accident on December 29, 1996 at Sapahwa: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale SA-315B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data