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N186SD

Bell UH-1H

N186SD is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to Orange County Sheriffs Dept, a government body in Costa Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
UH-1H
Serial number
74-22540
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
15
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1588A (octal 50254212)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 14, 2014
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01024005

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Orange County Sheriffs Dept
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.

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