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N505BM

Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505

Valid Texas

N505BM is a Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2023. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Brister Aviation LLC, an LLC in Amarillo, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell Textron Canada Ltd
Model
505
Serial number
65469
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · Safran ARRIUS 2R · 460 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2023
Transponder code
A64CA8 (octal 51446250)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 4, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 24, 2023
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01392803

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brister Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 2329
Amarillo, TX 79105-2329

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

2011-06-18Novik Mike AVENTURA II · N-number assigned, not registered, pending cancellation

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