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N717SP

Bell Textron Canada Ltd 429

Valid Minnesota

N717SP is a Bell Textron Canada Ltd 429, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2024. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Minnesota State Patrol, a government body in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 8, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 9, 2024.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell Textron Canada Ltd
Model
429
Serial number
57515
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW207D1/D2 · 621 hp
Seats
9
Year built
2024
Transponder code
A997AC (octal 52313654)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 8, 2024
Expires
October 31, 2031
Last FAA action
October 8, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 9, 2024
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01445346

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Minnesota State Patrol
Type
Government
Address
515 Eaton St
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2495

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 2

2018-05-31Pphu Ekolot KR-030 TOPAZ · Sale reported, canceled
2007-11-28Cessna 172S · exported to Australia · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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