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N491DF

Bell EH-1H

N491DF is a Bell EH-1H, 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 Mccellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 26, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
EH-1H
Serial number
69-15858
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A61420 (octal 51412040)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 26, 1999
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00575712

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service Fepp
Type
Government
Address
Ca Dept Forestry/Fire Protection
5500 Price Avenue
Mccellan, CA 95652-2421
Co-owners
California Dept Of Forestry And Fire 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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1996-05-29Bell 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