Turbine helicopter

N255MK

1996 Bell 430

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1996
Serial
49007
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce 250-C40B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Premier Aircraft Services LLC (LLC)
Based
Bakersfield, CA
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Registration record

N255MK on the FAA register

Type
1996 Bell 430
Serial
49007
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce 250-C40B
Registered owner
Premier Aircraft Services LLC
Bakersfield, CA
Certificate issued
2025-02-18
Airworthiness date
2006-07-13
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A26B2E
Mode S (octal)
50465456
Seats (type)
10
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N255MK.
  • 2006-07-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1996
    Manufactured (1996).
Overview

About N255MK

N255MK is a 1996 Bell 430, serial number 49007. The FAA register lists Premier Aircraft Services LLC as the registrant in Bakersfield, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 18, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Rolls-Royce 250-C40B engines and 10 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated July 13, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N255MK.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N255MK.

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.