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N712M

1983 Bell 206L-3

Helicopter · serial 51072

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2030.

Registered owner

Scotts Helicopter Service Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Po Box 92, Le Sueur, MN 56058
Fleet: 22 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 206L-3
Year built: 1983
Serial number: 51072
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250-C30 SER · 650 hp
Seats: 7
Weight class: 12,500 to 19,999 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Restricted airworthiness (issued May 24, 1999)
Mode S code: A9848E (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 21, 2023 · last FAA action Apr 21, 2023

Past registrations of N712M

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

Jan 26, 1931 Cleone Motors CLEONE 7M · serial 103 Cleone Motors Company · St. Louis, MO

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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