Turbine helicopter

N853QA

1977 Bell 212

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1977
Serial
30815
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Heli-Consignment Inc (Corporation)
Based
Chicago, IL
1977 Bell 212
Representative photo of a Bell 212. Not a photo of N853QA.
Registration record

N853QA on the FAA register

Type
1977 Bell 212
Serial
30815
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series
Registered owner
Heli-Consignment Inc
Chicago, IL
Certificate issued
2020-09-29
Airworthiness date
2020-08-02
Registration expires
2027-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
ABB3DC
Mode S (octal)
52731734
Seats (type)
15
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-09-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N853QA.
  • 2020-08-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1977
    Manufactured (1977).
Overview

About N853QA

N853QA is a 1977 Bell 212, serial number 30815. The FAA register lists Heli-Consignment Inc as the registrant in Chicago, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 29, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series engines and 15 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated August 2, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N853QA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N853QA.

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.