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N488DF

Bell UH-1H

N488DF 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 Fepp, a government body in Mcclellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 1994 and expires on January 31, 2028. 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
69-15239
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
15
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A606A2 (octal 51403242)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 22, 1994
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00484152

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service Fepp
Type
Government
Address
5500 Price Ave
Mcclellan, CA 95652-2438
Co-owners
California Dept Forestry & Fire Protection / Aviation Management Unit

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

1995-05-26Bell 204-B · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response

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