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N597BH

Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505

Valid Texas

N597BH is a Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2024. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Bell Textron INC, a corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated March 4, 2026.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell Textron Canada Ltd
Model
505
Serial number
65630
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor · Safran ARRIUS 2R · 460 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2024
Transponder code
A7B789 (octal 51733611)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 20, 2025
Expires
February 29, 2032
Last FAA action
February 20, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · March 4, 2026
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01490187

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bell Textron INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3255 Bell Flight Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76118

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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