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Who Owns This Plane?

N81519

1998 Bell 206B

Helicopter · serial 4498

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jan 31, 2030.

Registered owner

Bell Textron Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 3255 Bell Flight Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76118
Fleet: 96 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 206B
Year built: 1998
Serial number: 4498
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
Seats: 5
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Sep 22, 1998)
Mode S code: AB1E8C (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jan 4, 2011 · last FAA action Sep 30, 2023

Past registrations of N81519

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

Sep 17, 1991 Piper PA-28RT-201T · serial 28R8031053 Globe Aero Ltd Inc · Lakeland, FL · exported to COTE D'IVOIRE
Nov 17, 1970 Aeronca 7AC · serial 7AC-129 Lambert Raymond Joseph · Lake Charles, LA

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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