Turbine helicopter

N51SB

1968 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1968
Serial
8130
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Lycoming T53-L-13B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rice Aircraft Services Inc (Corporation)
Based
Kerrville, TX
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Registration record

N51SB on the FAA register

Type
1968 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D
Serial
8130
Engines
Lycoming T53-L-13B
Registered owner
Rice Aircraft Services Inc
Kerrville, TX
Certificate issued
2025-10-11
Airworthiness date
2026-05-26
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A660A8
Mode S (octal)
51460250
Seats (type)
6
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-05-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2025-10-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N51SB to the current registrant.
  • 2013-02-19
    N51SB previously assigned to a Cessna O-2A (s/n 67-21375); cancelled.
  • 1990-02-07
    N51SB previously assigned to a Beechcraft Duchess (s/n ME58); cancelled.
  • 1968
    Manufactured (1968).
Overview

About N51SB

N51SB is a 1968 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D, serial number 8130. The FAA register lists Rice Aircraft Services Inc as the registrant in Kerrville, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 11, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Lycoming T53-L-13B engine and 6 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 26, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N51SB.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N51SB.

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.