Turbine helicopter

N212BT

1978 Bell 212

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
30870
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × P & W PT6T-3B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Redding Air Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Redding, CA
1978 Bell 212
Representative photo of a Bell 212. Not a photo of N212BT.
Registration record

N212BT on the FAA register

Type
1978 Bell 212
Serial
30870
Engines
2 × P & W PT6T-3B
Registered owner
Redding Air Service Inc
Redding, CA
Certificate issued
2009-08-14
Airworthiness date
2009-09-28
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A1C11B
Mode S (octal)
50340433
Seats (type)
15
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2009-09-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 2009-08-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N212BT.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N212BT

N212BT is a 1978 Bell 212, serial number 30870. The FAA register lists Redding Air Service Inc as the registrant in Redding, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 14, 2009 and expires on March 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two P & W PT6T-3B engines and 15 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated September 28, 2009.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N212BT.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N212BT.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.