Turbine helicopter

N225BA

2025 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
65690
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Safran ARRIUS 2R
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
R&R Testing Inc (Corporation)
Based
Watertown, SD
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Registration record

N225BA on the FAA register

Type
2025 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X
Serial
65690
Engines
Safran ARRIUS 2R
Registered owner
R&R Testing Inc
Watertown, SD
Certificate issued
2025-12-11
Airworthiness date
2025-12-09
Registration expires
2032-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A1F3AE
Mode S (octal)
50371656
Seats (type)
5
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
355 nm
Cruise (type)
125 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N225BA to the current registrant.
  • 2025-12-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2017-07-20
    N225BA previously assigned to a Cessna 340A (s/n 340A1029); cancelled.
Overview

About N225BA

N225BA is a 2025 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, serial number 65690. The FAA register lists R&R Testing Inc as the registrant in Watertown, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 11, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Safran ARRIUS 2R engine and 5 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 125 knots and a range of about 355 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated December 9, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N225BA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
125 kt
Range
355 nm
Fuel burn
12 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-05-08 Accident · Waukegan, IL Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · CHI96FA152
Reported aircraft: Cessna 340A — a different aircraft that carried the N225BA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's inability to maintain visual contact with the runway environment due to 'flash blindness' when he turned on the airplane's landing light, and his subsequent inability to regain control of the airplane after turning off the landing light due to his loss of night vision. A factor was the bright light condition encountered by the pilot.

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.