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A Bell OH-58, the same model family as N9240D
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N9240D

Bell OH-58C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N9240D is a Bell OH-58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mclennan County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Waco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2018 and expires on November 30, 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
OH-58C · all OH-58Cs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell OH-58 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
69-16194
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
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ACCF62 (octal 53147542)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 27, 2018
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01287636

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mclennan County Sheriffs Office
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
214 N 4Th St
Waco, TX 76701-1404

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

2012-08-27Hughes TH-55A · Registration pending, canceled

Connections how N9240D links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Bell OH-58 329 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
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N9240D, 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 Mclennan County Sheriffs Office, a government body, certificate issued November 27, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 69-16194 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9240D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes TH-55A (serial 67-15414, cancelled August 27, 2012). 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

1 NTSB record under N9240D: Accident on November 18, 2003 at West Lafayette, IN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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

NTSB records 1

CHI04LA032Accident on November 18, 2003 at West Lafayette, IN: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 67-15414

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes TH-55A · operated under 091

The fractured cluster fitting resulting in a loss of directional control during initial climb and the improper repair of cluster fitting by unknown personnel. The night conditions were a contributing factor.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data