{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2002-04-01","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2002-01-16","city":"BOZEMAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"031","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan release","doc_type_code":"REL","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-08"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-08"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41555","engine_horsepower":2650,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"T-55 SER TS","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1182105","mode_s_code":"50344167","mode_s_hex":"A1C877","model":"214B-1","n_number":"N214B","name":"CENTRAL COPTERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Aspen","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-09-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN04LA145","probable_cause":"the inadvertent activation of the engine's fuel shut off valve, resulting in the reduction of engine power to 50 percent due to an improper cannon plug wire repair on the engine's wire harness assembly.  Contributing factors include the improper wire repair, the low altitude, and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.","registration":"N214B","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on September 17, 2004 at Aspen, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N214B is a Bell 214B-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 16 seats. It is registered to Central Copters INC, a corporation in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2002 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 1, 2002. 2 documents are on file: loan release, bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Central Copters INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 16, 2002, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 2002, 24 years after the 1978 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28039 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N214B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Dopita Robert A RANS S-10 (serial 0190084, cancelled January 2, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"2 documents received recently: Loan release (September 8, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 8, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N214B: Accident on September 17, 2004 at Aspen, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":16,"serial_number":"28039","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 7300","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00025222","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N214B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"597717300"}