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N50178

1979 Bell 206B

Helicopter · serial 2608

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jul 31, 2027.

Registered owner

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 41 Airpark Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540
Fleet: 6 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 206B
Year built: 1979
Serial number: 2608
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
Seats: 5
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Feb 9, 1979)
Mode S code: A64115 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jun 7, 2005 · last FAA action Mar 4, 2023

Past registrations of N50178

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

Jul 5, 1974 1968 Cessna 150H · serial 15069111 Cline James D · Medicine Lodge, KS · exported to CANADA
Sep 13, 1950 Fairchild M-62A · serial T42-3524 Charles R Tiefenthaler · Helena, MT

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?

The registry doesn't show where an aircraft is flying. Flight trackers do, by tail number or Mode S code A64115: FlightAware or ADS-B Exchange. Some owners block tracking through the FAA's privacy programs.

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