N505SU2020 Bell 505
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Southern Utah University
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Cedar City, UT
- Certificate issued
- Jul 20, 2020
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 22, 2020
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
- 505
- Year
- 2020
- Serial number
- 65302
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 5
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A64E26
Engine
- Make and model
- Safran Arrius 2r
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 460 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2020 – nowSouthern Utah UniversityCedar City, UT · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (3)
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.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24-09 | Engine Indicating System | Jan 17, 2024 | Engine (ARRIUS 2R) |
| 2021-11-19 | Fuselage Main, Structure | Jul 16, 2021 | Airframe (505)Serial numbers per Attachment A of Bell Alert Service Bulletin 505-19-12, Revision A, dated July 11, 2019. Only with: Truss assembly P/N SLS-030-056-015 with a serial number listed in Attachment A of Bell ASB 505-19-12 Rev A installed. |
| 2020-19-05 | Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited Helicopters | Oct 8, 2020 | Airframe (505)Serial numbers per Table 1 of Bell Alert Service Bulletin 505-19-13, dated July 2, 2019 (swashplate assembly S/Ns). Only with: Swashplate assembly P/N 206-010-450-123 with an S/N listed in Table 1 of Bell ASB 505-19-13 installed. |
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.
- Fuselage · engine · overheatedApr 29, 2022
APRIL 29, 2022. APROX. 10:00 AM. S WESTVIEW DR, CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, ROUGHLY 5 MILES SOUTH OF CDC AIRPORT THE MGT STARTED TO RISE. PILOT TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRFIELD WHILE MGT AND TOT CONTINUED TO RISE. DROPPING COLLECTIVE TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE DID NOT STOP THE TEMPRATURE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026