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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N173P

Bell 206L-3

N173P is a Bell 206L-3, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 7 seats. It is registered to Starflite Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Beaufort, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 13, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206L-3
Serial number
51370
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
7
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A12597 (octal 50222627)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 13, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 13, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00765071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Starflite Helicopters LLC
Type
LLC
Address
411 Front St
Beaufort, NC 28516-2126

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data