Turbine helicopter

N5257

Bell Textron 525

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
62017
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bell Textron Inc (Corporation)
Based
Fort Worth, TX
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Registration record

N5257 on the FAA register

Type
Bell Textron 525
Serial
62017
Engines
2
Registered owner
Bell Textron Inc
Fort Worth, TX
Certificate issued
2025-07-23
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A69ECE
Mode S (octal)
51517316
Seats (type)
18
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N5257 to the current registrant.
  • 1990-12-12
    N5257 previously assigned to a Grumman G-164A (s/n 541); cancelled.
Overview

About N5257

N5257 is a Bell Textron 525, serial number 62017. The FAA register lists Bell Textron Inc as the registrant in Fort Worth, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 23, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter and 18 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5257. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-06-12 Accident · Fisher, AR Damage: Destroyed NTSB · MKC90LA126
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-164A — a different aircraft that carried the N5257 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.
1975-06-06 Accident · Eunice,La, 18 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1406
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-164A — a different aircraft that carried the N5257 registration before this airframe.
1974-10-21 Accident · Clinton,La, 18 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3195
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-164A — a different aircraft that carried the N5257 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.