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N242KC

Bell UH-1H

N242KC is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service, a government body in Bakersfield, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 1999 and expires on April 30, 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-1H
Serial number
6717842
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
15
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A23851 (octal 50434121)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 1999
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00185242

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service
Type
Government
Address
5642 Victor St
Bakersfield, CA 93308-4056
Co-owners
California Dept Of Forestry & Fire / Kern County Fire Department

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