N51SB1968 Bell UH-1D
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Rice Aircraft Services INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Kerrville, TX
- Certificate issued
- Oct 11, 2025
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- May 26, 2026
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
- UH-1D
- Year
- 1968
- Serial number
- 8130
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A660A8
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming T53-L-13b
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 1400 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowRice Aircraft Services INCKerrville, TX · current
- until 1990Individual ownerdifferent airframe: Beechcraft 76 S/N Me58
- until 2013C & J Aviation Partners LLCCamarillo, CA · different airframe: 1967 Cessna O-2a S/N 67-21375
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-02 | Engine Controls | Jun 28, 2022 | Engine (T53-L-13B) |
| 2006-11-16 | Honeywell International Inc. T5311A, T5311B, T5313B, T5317A, T5317A-1, and T5317B Series… | Jul 5, 2006 | Engine (T53-L-13B)Only with: Engines using GPECS (formerly Chandler Evans) engine fuel control regulator assembly models TA-2S, TA-2G, TA-2F, TA-7, or TA-10. |
| 2002-15-04 | Honeywell International, Inc., (formerly AlliedSignal, Inc. and Textron Lycoming)… | Sep 10, 2002 | Engine (T53-L-13B)Only with: Engines with centrifugal compressor impellers having serial numbers 83317, 83327, 83328, or 83330 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 (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026