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Bell 206B-III · 1981 · Valley Center, CA
N844AD is a 1981 Bell 206B-III (serial 3462), registered to Ocean Air Helicopter Inc (corporation) in Valley Center, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 2021 (5 years ago). It carries a Allison 250-C20 engine rated at 400 hp, the engine on 3% of registered Bell 206B-IIIs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AB8EB9. It is one of 33 Bell 206B-III aircraft on the FAA registry.
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1 of the 30 registered Bell 206B-III carry this engine (3%), across 9 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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