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N488BC

Bell 206B

N488BC is a Bell 206B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1993. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Butte County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Oroville, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 6, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
206B
Serial number
5103
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1993
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A6066D (octal 51403155)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 2, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 6, 1993
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00314862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Butte County Sheriffs Office
Type
Government
Address
5 Gillick Way
Oroville, CA 95965-3595

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

2011-07-28Bell OH-58A · Third notice for re-registration or renewal

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