Turbine helicopter

N40VA

2025 Bell 412EP

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
39135
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-9
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Commonwealth of Virgina Dept of State Police (Government)
Based
Richmond, VA
2025 Bell 412EP
Representative photo of a Bell 412EP. Not a photo of N40VA.
Registration record

N40VA on the FAA register

Type
2025 Bell 412EP
Serial
39135
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-9
Registered owner
Commonwealth of Virgina Dept of State Police
Richmond, VA
Certificate issued
2026-02-07
Airworthiness date
2025-03-13
Registration expires
2033-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A4AC24
Mode S (octal)
51126044
Seats (type)
15
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-02-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N40VA to the current registrant.
  • 2025-03-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 2018-06-08
    N40VA previously assigned to a Piper Warrior (s/n 28-7415390); cancelled.
  • 1976-05-21
    N40VA previously assigned to a Homebuilt Volmer VJ22 (s/n 156); cancelled.
Overview

About N40VA

N40VA is a 2025 Bell 412EP, serial number 39135. The FAA register lists Commonwealth of Virgina Dept of State Police as the registrant in Richmond, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 7, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-9 engines and 15 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated March 13, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N40VA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-06-14 Accident · Milton,De, 08 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2870
Reported aircraft: Volmer VJ22 — a different aircraft that carried the N40VA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: BFR DEP.LOW ALT ACFT CRASHED INTO A SWAMP.

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.