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A Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, the same model family as N988B
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N988B

Bell 206-L4

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana
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N988B is a Bell 206-L4, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2005. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Heli Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC in Deer Lodge, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2005.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206-L4 · all 206-L4s 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
52304
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 20&30 SER · 420 hp
Seats
7
Year built
2005
Transponder code
ADC8F5 (octal 53344365)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 13, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 13, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 24, 2005
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00158799

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Heli Works Flight Services 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
1620 W Peterson Ave
Deer Lodge, MT 59722-2002

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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

1975-08-27Bell 47G-2 · Valid registration

Connections how N988B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250 20&30 series 29 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
  • Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N988B, 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 Heli Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 13, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52304 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N988B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 47G-2 (serial 1416, cancelled August 27, 1975). 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 N988B: Accident on April 26, 2024 at Anaconda, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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

WPR24FA132Accident on April 26, 2024 at Anaconda, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206-L4 · operated under 137

A total loss of engine power due to a loss of cooling oil to the turbine-to-compressor coupling shaft and subsequent fracture of the shaft at an altitude too low for the pilot to complete a successful autorotation. Contributing to the accident was carbon buildup in the piccolo tube screen and nozzles and the disintegration of the spur adapter gearshaft O-rings for reasons that could not be determined.

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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