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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N817DS

Bell TH-57B

Valid

N817DS is a Bell TH-57B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to , a corporation. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
TH-57B
Serial number
162805
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AB23B9 (octal 52621671)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 20, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 20, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
—
FAA record id
01456410

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
Corporation
Address

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

2011-06-13Schexnayder Donald J PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER · N-number assigned as amateur-built, not registered, pending cancellation

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