{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1990-10-30","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveying","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"","country_code":"","county_code":"","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-08","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03020","engine_horsepower":420,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250-C20 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-10-08","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181511","mode_s_code":"50607232","mode_s_hex":"A30E9A","model":"206B","n_number":"N2963W","name":"","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2963W is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The FAA lists the registration as \"n-number assigned but not yet registered\". It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying, dated October 30, 1990.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"N-number assigned but not yet registered\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 817 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2963W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 816, cancelled September 1, 1981). 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":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No NTSB investigation records located under N2963W. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"","region_code":"","registrant_type":"","registrant_type_code":"","seats":5,"serial_number":"817","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"N-number assigned but not yet registered","status_code":"2","status_short":"Assigned, not yet registered","street":"","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00500923","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2963W","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":""}