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N497DF

Bell EH-1H

N497DF 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 Mcclellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 1993 and expires on October 31, 2027. 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
11533
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · None NONE
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A62A6A (octal 51425152)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 21, 1993
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00544362

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 & 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.

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