Bell Helicopter Textron 206B
N919AC is a Bell Helicopter Textron 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1988. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Kw Air LLC, an LLC in Darlington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 8, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest, dated December 16, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- 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
- 4020
- 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-C20B · 420 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- ACB81D (octal 53134035)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 8, 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 control; Aerial surveying; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 13124 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 16, 2014
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01011812
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kw Air LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6655 N 700 e
Darlington, IN 47940-7005
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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 N919AC links to the rest of the register
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1,453 registered
- Bell Helicopter Textron 191 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-C20B 216 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- Kw Air LLC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Darlington, IN 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Indiana 5,701 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 129 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 8,889 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 764 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 21 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N919AC, 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 Kw Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 8, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 16, 2014, 26 years after the 1988 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 4020 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N919AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L (serial 043, cancelled July 14, 1997). 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 N919AC: Accident on June 25, 2023 at Sandersville, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 18, 2022 at Cedar Key, FL: no 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 Helicopter Textron 206B · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance of trees during landing, which resulted in a tail rotor contact with tree limbs and a subsequent loss of control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell Helicopter Textron 206B · operated under 137
The pilot’s improper fuel planning during agricultural spraying operations, which resulted in fuel starvation, a loss of engine power, and a hard landing following an autorotation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data