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N226SH

1981 Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1

Helicopter · serial 45643

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2031.

Registered owner

Scotts Helicopter Services Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 780 Elmwood Ave S, Le Sueur, MN 56058
Fleet: 23 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
Year built: 1981
Serial number: 45643
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250-C30P · 650 hp
Seats: 7
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Multiple airworthiness (issued Jul 1, 2025)
Mode S code: A1F8E3 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 1, 2024 · last FAA action Sep 1, 2024

Past registrations of N226SH

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

Jul 18, 2017 1989 Heighton Harold H STROJNIK S-2 · serial 26 Estes Michael N · San Antonio, TX

What a Bell 206 looks likePhoto of a Bell 206, not this aircraft: Mfield - Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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