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BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505

63 registered · 2017–2019 · 4 NTSB events · 23 ADs

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Rotorcraft · SAFRAN ARRIUS 2R · as of Sep 21, 2026

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Distribution · currently registered

By state (top 10)

  • TX 15.9% 10
  • MT 12.7% 8
  • DE 11.1% 7
  • UT 9.5% 6
  • CA 7.9% 5
  • NE 4.8% 3
  • NY 3.2% 2
  • NC 3.2% 2
  • AZ 3.2% 2
  • MD 3.2% 2

+14 more states

By decade of manufacture

  • 2010s 76.2% 48
  • Unknown 23.8% 15

NTSB records

4 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 4.

Airworthiness directives

23 directive(s) on file. Showing the most recent 23.

  • Apr 23, 2026

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of a quality escape in the production installation of a washer installed on the tail rotor pitch link assembly (pitch link assembly). This proposed AD wo…

  • Apr 8, 2026

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD 2024-02-55, which applies to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (BTCL) Model 505 helicopters. AD 2024-02-55 requires initial and recurring inspections of the vertical stabilizer top end cap assembly and corrective action if a crack is found. Since the FAA…

  • Apr 1, 2026

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. The FAA previously sent this AD as an emergency AD to all known U.S. owners and operators of these helicopters. This AD was prompted by a failure of the hinge assembly on the aft movable ballast…

  • Nov 5, 2025

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-06- 51, which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. AD 2025-06-51 required removing all ballast weights from the aft movable ballast box assembly and prohibited the use of ballast weights within the aft movable ballast box…

  • Sep 10, 2025

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a crack on the mounting bracket on the oil cooler fan assembly housing. This AD requires a one-time visual inspection for cracks on the mounting bracket on the oil c…

  • Apr 28, 2025

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (BTCL) Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of possible chafing in certain locations between the basic and supplemental helicopter wiring and the structure. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the wire…

  • Apr 10, 2025

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. The FAA previously sent this AD as an emergency AD to all known U.S. owners and operators of these helicopters. This AD was prompted by deformation and/or improper pin engagement in the knuckles…

  • Sep 16, 2024

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a fuel leakage discovered during fuel system crash impact testing activity. This AD requires installing a grommet around the sump drain port fitting airframe hole, as specified…

  • May 14, 2024

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a fuel leakage discovered during fuel system crash impact testing activity. This proposed AD would require installing a grommet around the sump drain port fitting…

  • Feb 28, 2024

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of cracked vertical stabilizer top end cap assemblies. This AD requires an initial and recurring inspections of the vertical stabilizer top end cap assembly and corrective actio…

  • Jul 6, 2023

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-24- 04, which applied to certain Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Model 505 helicopters. AD 2021-24-04 required revising the existing Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM) for your helic…

  • Nov 21, 2022

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the discovery of a potential fouling condition between the rotating swashplate outer ring and the non-rotating collective lever. This AD requires inspecting the collective contr…

  • Feb 28, 2022

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-06- 06, which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. AD 2021-06-06 required repetitive fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPIs) of the pilot collective stick and grip assembly and revising the existing Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM…

  • Dec 13, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of chafing of the right forward tail rotor (T/R) control cable. This AD requires inspecting the right forward T/R cable and, depending on the results, removing the cabl…

  • Dec 9, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the determination that reducing the pressure altitude limitations for certain fuel types is necessar…

  • Sep 20, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Model 505 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by the determination that reducing the pressure altitude limitations for certain fuel ty…

  • Sep 14, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-06-06, which applies to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. AD 2021-06-06 requires repetitive fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPIs) of the pilot collective stick and grip assembly and revising the existing Rotorcraft Flight Manua…

  • Sep 8, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by three occurrences of metallic debris in the engine oil lubrication system causing the 12 volts direct current (VDC) reference voltage to be shorted to ground and loss of importa…

  • Jun 11, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the discovery of a gap between the transmission restraint assembly aft attachment hardware lower wash…

  • May 25, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by three occurrences of metallic debris in the engine oil lubrication system causing the 12 volts direct current (VDC) reference voltage to be shorted to ground and…

  • Mar 22, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters

    The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by the discovery of a gap between the transmission restraint assembly aft attachment hard…

  • Mar 16, 2021

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is superseding Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-05-52 which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. Emergency AD 2021-05-52 required a one-time visual inspection of the pilot collective stick and grip assembly (pilot collective stick), a fluorescent penetrant ins…

  • Sep 23, 2020

    Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. This AD requires inspecting each swashplate assembly bearing (bearing), and depending on the inspection results, removing the bearing from service. This AD was prompted by a report of…

Type certificate data sheets · 1 match in the FAA catalog

  • R00008RD Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited Historical Rev 1 · 11/07/2017

    Models: 505

Supplemental type certificates · 36 on file

+ 6 more STCs on file

PMA replacement parts · 60+ on file

+ 20 more PMA parts on file

Registered N-numbers · 63

63 of 63 ● NTSB events on file · orange tails have Atlas pages · Look up queries the live FAA registry (owner, address, last airworthiness)
N-number St Year NTSB FAA
N1088Y MT 2018 · Look up ↗
N1116S CA — · Look up ↗
N121TA NY 2019 · Look up ↗
N1243Y NE 2018 ● Look up ↗
N12YA DE 2018 · Look up ↗
N153LL NC 2019 · Look up ↗
N192RB AZ 2017 · Look up ↗
N240PD NE 2019 · Look up ↗
N24CZ AZ 2018 · Look up ↗
N279PD CA 2018 · Look up ↗
N286MA UT — · Look up ↗
N29AR GA 2019 · Look up ↗
N314VD MD 2018 · Look up ↗
N318GV DE 2019 · Look up ↗
N32AP AR 2019 · Look up ↗
N36SJ TX 2018 · Look up ↗
N394MB UT 2018 · Look up ↗
N407DN FL 2018 · Look up ↗
N42JB SD 2018 · Look up ↗
N442LN TX 2019 · Look up ↗
N479L WA 2018 · Look up ↗
N505AJ AK 2018 · Look up ↗
N505BT TX 2018 · Look up ↗
N505CB TX — · Look up ↗
N505CS MT 2019 · Look up ↗
N505CW NM — · Look up ↗
N505FU NY 2019 · Look up ↗
N505GH SD — · Look up ↗
N505GR TX 2017 ● Look up ↗
N505GT UT — · Look up ↗
N505H DE 2019 · Look up ↗
N505HB CA 2019 · Look up ↗
N505MN TX 2018 · Look up ↗
N505PF MT 2019 · Look up ↗
N505RS TX — · Look up ↗
N505RT MN — · Look up ↗
N505S MD — · Look up ↗
N505TZ TX 2017 ● Look up ↗
N505WY OR 2019 · Look up ↗
N505XX MT — · Look up ↗
N513DC MT 2018 · Look up ↗
N519KS NC 2019 · Look up ↗
N524FD MT 2018 · Look up ↗
N52SH MT 2018 · Look up ↗
N535AT UT 2018 · Look up ↗
N545AT UT 2019 · Look up ↗
N560BA DE — · Look up ↗
N585DR AL 2019 · Look up ↗
N68EG PR — · Look up ↗
N696XX ID — · Look up ↗
N69MP FL 2019 · Look up ↗
N80TT MT 2017 · Look up ↗
N84DX DE 2019 · Look up ↗
N855CW CA 2017 · Look up ↗
N859LC UT 2018 · Look up ↗
N8744K TX 2019 · Look up ↗
N874BB CO 2019 ● Look up ↗
N87BB CA 2018 · Look up ↗
N891BH NE 2018 · Look up ↗
N936W DE 2017 · Look up ↗
N943M TX 2018 · Look up ↗
N992HA PA — · Look up ↗
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Source — FAA Aircraft Registry

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