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N505GH

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505

N505GH is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Huron, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2018 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 Helicopter Textron Canada
Model
505
Serial number
65051
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A64D21 (octal 51446441)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 18, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01268097

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hofer Gary D
Type
Individual
Address
468 Westpark Ave SW
Huron, SD 57350-1718

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