N497DFBell EH-1H
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Usda Forest Service Fepp
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Mcclellan, CA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 21, 1993
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2027
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Bell
- Model
- EH-1H
- Serial number
- 11533
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A62A6A
Engine
- Make and model
- None None
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1993 – nowUsda Forest Service FeppMcclellan, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Equipment and furnishings · battery · leakingApr 25, 2003
AT REMOVAL OF ELT BATTERY AT POSTED REMOVAL DATE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BATTERY PACK HAD LEAKED AND CORRODED COMPONENTS WITHIN THE CASE. THERE WAS ALSO A CRACK NOTED ON THE BATTERY CASE WHICH APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY OVER HEAT OR OVER PRESSURE. THE ELT IS CHECKED EVERY 100 HRS AND APPEARED TO BE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026