{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2010-01-06","airworthiness_ops":"Patrolling","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-12-08","city":"LYNDON","country_code":"US","county_code":"139","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"54178","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"ROLLS-ROYC","engine_model":"250-C20","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181511","mode_s_code":"52723170","mode_s_hex":"ABA678","model":"206B","n_number":"N85RB","name":"SCOTT JOHN D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Pratt","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-06-11","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN23LA237","probable_cause":"Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot\u2019s inadequate preflight planning.","registration":"N85RB","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on June 11, 2023 at Pratt, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Valley Falls","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-05-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN12LA267","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during a hover maneuver, which resulted in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.","registration":"N85RB","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on May 2, 2012 at Valley Falls, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N85RB is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lyndon, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for patrolling, dated January 6, 2010.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Scott John D, an individual, certificate issued December 8, 2008, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 6, 2010, 38 years after the 1972 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 831 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N85RB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Balzer DSK-1 HAWK (serial 75-0042, cancelled December 17, 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":"2 NTSB records under N85RB: Accident on June 11, 2023 at Pratt, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 2, 2012 at Valley Falls, KS: minor 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":5,"serial_number":"831","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 606","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00533603","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N85RB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"664510606"}