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. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron
- Model
- 206B · all 206Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 4020
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20B · 420 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- ACB81D (octal 53134035)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 8, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest · December 16, 2014
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01011812
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kw Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6655 N 700 E
Darlington, IN 47940-7005
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 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 3, 2026). [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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23LA295 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA22LA192 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