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Who Owns This Plane?

N2297E

1982 Bell 206B

Helicopter · serial 3656

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jan 31, 2030.

Registered owner

Westwind Helicopters Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Po Box 929, Santa Fe, TX 77517
Fleet: 10 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 206B
Year built: 1982
Serial number: 3656
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250-C20 · 400 hp
Seats: 5
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Multiple airworthiness (issued Jun 6, 2009)
Mode S code: A205C2 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 12, 1994 · last FAA action Sep 30, 2023

Past registrations of N2297E

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

Nov 19, 1980 1978 Cessna 172N · serial 17271226 Flight Line Inc · Belgrade, MT · exported to CANADA
May 25, 1949 Aeronca 7AC · serial 7AC-5871 Stancliffe Lawrence E · El Paso, 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

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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