Turbine helicopter

N313B

1963 Bell UH-1H

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1963
Serial
63-08765
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Lycoming T-53 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Northwest Helicopters Inc (Corporation)
Based
Olympia, WA
1963 Bell UH-1H
Representative photo of a Bell UH-1H. Not a photo of N313B.
Registration record

N313B on the FAA register

Type
1963 Bell UH-1H
Serial
63-08765
Engines
Lycoming T-53 series
Registered owner
Northwest Helicopters Inc
Olympia, WA
Certificate issued
2007-09-17
Airworthiness date
1997-07-02
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A3520F
Mode S (octal)
50651017
Seats (type)
15
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
274 nm
Cruise (type)
109 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-09-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N313B to the current registrant.
  • 1997-07-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1991-04-29
    N313B previously assigned to a Beechcraft G35 Bonanza (s/n D4767); cancelled.
  • 1963
    Manufactured (1963).
Overview

About N313B

N313B is a 1963 Bell UH-1H, serial number 63-08765. The FAA register lists Northwest Helicopters Inc as the registrant in Olympia, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 17, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Lycoming T-53 series engine and 15 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 109 knots and a range of about 274 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 2, 1997.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N313B. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
109 kt
Range
274 nm
Fuel burn
10 gph

Published figures for the Bell UH-1H type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-01-26 Accident · Friona, TX Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW88DQG03
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft G35 — a different aircraft that carried the N313B registration before this airframe.

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.