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N597E

Bell UH-1H

N597E is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to County Of Kern, a government body in Bakersfield, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
UH-1H
Serial number
70-16291
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
15
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A7B7CC (octal 51733714)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2008
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01001149

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
County Of Kern
Type
Government
Address
1115 Truxtun 5Th Fl
Bakersfield, CA 93301

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

1929-05-10Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co CHALLENGER C-6 · Valid registration

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