N994781963 Bell UH-1B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19829 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- VF99478 LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Wilmington, DE
- Certificate issued
- Oct 31, 2023
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest, Aerial Surveying, Patrolling
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 4, 1995
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-1B
- Year
- 1963
- Serial number
- 63-8636
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- ADE4ED
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming T-53 Series
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 1150 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowVF99478 LLCWilmington, DE · 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 (9)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-10 | Various Restricted Category Helicopters | Mar 26, 2014 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Restricted category helicopters with cable assembly part number 205-001-720-001 installed. |
| 2002-20-01 | Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH-1H, UH-1L, and UH-1P; and… | Nov 6, 2002 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Main rotor tension-torsion strap P/N 204-012-122-1, 204-012-122-5, 2601399, or 2606650 installed; manufactured by BHTI for the US Armed Forces. |
| 2002-15-04 | Honeywell International, Inc., (formerly AlliedSignal, Inc. and Textron Lycoming)… | Sep 10, 2002 | Engine (T-53 SERIES)Only with: Engines with centrifugal compressor impellers having serial numbers 83317, 83327, 83328, or 83330 installed. |
| 2002-13-51 | Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH-1H, UH-1L, and UH-1P; and… | Aug 19, 2002 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Tail rotor grip P/N 205-011-711-101 installed; helicopters manufactured by Bell for the U.S. Armed Forces. |
| 2002-01-31 | Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH-1H, UH-1L, UH-1P, and… | Feb 1, 2002 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Manufactured for the U.S. Armed Forces, with main rotor mast P/N 204-011-450-007, -105, or -109, or main rotor trunnion P/N 204-011-105-001 installed. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-15-21 R1 | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.-Manufactured Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B… | Nov 7, 2000 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Manufactured by BHTI for the U.S. Armed Forces, with main rotor mast assembly P/N 204-011-450-001 or -005 installed. |
| 2000-15-21 | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.-Manufactured Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B… | Aug 9, 2000 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Main rotor mast assembly P/N 205-011-450-001 or -005 installed. |
| 99-07-15 | Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.- manufactured Model HH-1K, SW204, SW204HP, SW205… | May 3, 1999 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Tail rotor yoke P/N 212-011-702 (all dash numbers), P/N 212-010-704 (all dash numbers), or P/N 212-010-744 (all dash numbers) installed. |
| 97-20-09 | Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell)- manufactured Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B… | May 28, 1998 | Airframe (UH-1B)Only with: Tailboom vertical fin spar P/N 205-032-899, 205-030-846, or 205-032-851, all dash numbers, 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.
- Stabilizers · fin spar · crackedMay 27, 1997
DURING ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTION WHILE REFUELING, CRACK IN TAILBOOM SPAR CAP WAS DETECTED. MECHANIC STATED NO CRACK WAS NOTED DURING PRE-FLIGHT INDICATING IT FORMED WITHIN AN HOUR OF OPERATION. NO FRETTING NOTED TO SUPPORT THIS. GARLICK HELICOPTERS ALERT SB NR UH1-96-04 WAS C/W BY REMOVAL OF RIVET…
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