Turbine helicopter

N71SB

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
8131
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rice Aircraft Services Inc (Corporation)
Based
Kerrville, TX
Registration record

N71SB on the FAA register

Type
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D
Serial
8131
Engines
1
Registered owner
Rice Aircraft Services Inc
Kerrville, TX
Certificate issued
2025-10-11
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A97B46
Mode S (octal)
52275506
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).
  • 2025-10-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N71SB to the current registrant.
  • 2013-09-16
    N71SB previously assigned to a Mooney M20E Super 21 / M20E Chaparral (s/n 565); cancelled.
Overview

About N71SB

N71SB is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada UH-1D, serial number 8131. 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 and 6 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N71SB. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1987-07-17 Accident · Vail, CO Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · DEN87FA186
Reported aircraft: Mooney M20E — a different aircraft that carried the N71SB 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.