Skip to content

Who Owns This Plane?

N88BD

2004 Bell 206-L4

Helicopter · serial 52285

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Oct 31, 2029.

Registered owner

Southern Illinois Helicopters LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 2405 Black Diamond Dr, Marion, IL 62959
Fleet: 2 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell 206-L4
Year built: 2004
Serial number: 52285
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Allison 250-C30 SER · 650 hp
Seats: 7
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Experimental airworthiness (issued Apr 30, 2026)
Mode S code: AC1B99 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Oct 31, 2019 · last FAA action Sep 9, 2023

Past registrations of N88BD

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

Nov 4, 2013 1968 Cessna 150H · serial 15068704 Hanson Wallace G · Austin, TX
Feb 11, 1977 Enstrom F-28A · serial 179 Second National Bank of Circleville · Circleville, OH

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 AC1B99: FlightAware or ADS-B Exchange. Some owners block tracking through the FAA's privacy programs.

Something wrong?

Owners update their registration with the FAA Aircraft Registry; changes appear here the day after the FAA publishes them. Email admin@whoownsthisplane.com about how this site shows a record.