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Who Owns This Plane?

N17DE

2006 Bell 407

Helicopter · serial 53700

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jan 31, 2028.

Registered owner

Bell Textron Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 3255 Bell Flight Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76118
Fleet: 96 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 407
Year built: 2006
Serial number: 53700
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Rolls-Royc 250-C47B · 650 hp
Seats: 7
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Feb 23, 2017)
Mode S code: A11724 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jan 16, 2021 · last FAA action Apr 14, 2023

Past registrations of N17DE

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

May 25, 2011 Davis Bob AVID FLYER · serial 193

What a Bell 407 looks likePhoto of a Bell 407, not this aircraft: Robert Kowal, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Check the official record

This page mirrors the FAA's public registry file dated Oct 30, 2026. The FAA's own N-number inquiry is the official record, with the full owner address and documents.

Where is it now?

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