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N181SD

Bell UH-1V

N181SD is a Bell UH-1V, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to Orange County Sheriffs Department, a government body in Costa Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
UH-1V
Serial number
74-22482
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A145F7 (octal 50242767)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 8, 2016
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01234704

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Orange County Sheriffs Department
Type
Government
Address
361 Paularino Ave Hngr 26
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-4649

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2009-09-29Inman Gregory L DR 107 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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