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N489DF

Bell EH-1X

N489DF is a Bell EH-1X, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body in Mcclellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 1991 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
EH-1X
Serial number
12224
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A60A59 (octal 51405131)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 16, 1991
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00415271

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service Fepp
Type
Government
Address
5500 Price Ave
Mcclellan, CA 95652-2421
Co-owners
California Dept Forestry & Protection / Aviation Management

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