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N71SB

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D

Valid Texas

N71SB is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 6 seats. It is registered to Rice Aircraft Services INC, a corporation in Kerrville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. 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
UH-1D
Serial number
8131
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A97B46 (octal 52275506)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 11, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 11, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01524816

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rice Aircraft Services INC
Type
Corporation
Address
2000 Airport Loop
Kerrville, TX 78028-9768

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

2013-09-16Mooney M20E · Registration expired, pending cancellation

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