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N53VA

2025 Bell Textron Canada Ltd 407

Helicopter · serial 56432

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Mar 31, 2033.

Registered owner

Commonwealth of Virginia

Owner type: Government
Address: 7411 Airfield Dr, North Chesterfield, VA 23237
Also named: Dept of State Police
Fleet: 10 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell Textron Canada Ltd 407
Year built: 2025
Serial number: 56432
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Rolls-Royc 250-C47E/4 · 600 hp
Seats: 8
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Jan 28, 2025)
Mode S code: A6AFF0 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Mar 9, 2026 · last FAA action Mar 9, 2026

Past registrations of N53VA

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

Jan 24, 2018 1993 Van Grunsven R/van Grunsven D RV-3 · serial 1 Vans Aircraft Inc · North Plains, OR

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

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Where is it now?

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