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N8053T

Bell UH-1H

Valid Florida

N8053T is a Bell UH-1H, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 15 seats. It is registered to Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation in Panama City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2003 and expires on October 31, 2027. 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
69-15321
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
15
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AAF743 (octal 52573503)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 16, 2003
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00057789

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Coastal Helicopters INC
Type
Corporation
Address
7424 Coastal Dr
Panama City, FL 32404-4015

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 3

1993-09-30Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER · exported to Venezuela · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
1960-09-09Cessna 175A · exported to Australia · Valid registration
—Holman-Dillar SCORPION 133 · 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