# N5257: Bell Textron 525

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell Textron 525](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-textron-525) (registry code 1181935, 18 seats)
- Serial number: 62017
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Certificate issued: July 23, 2025
- Expires: July 31, 2032
- Mode S code: A69ECE
- Registered owner: [Bell Textron Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BELL%20TEXTRON%20INC)
- Location: [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.7936° N, 97.1939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76118, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5257
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5257

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Bell Textron 525)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N5257.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N5257.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N5257

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5257 before.

- [Cancelled 1990-12-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5257-1990-12-12): Grumman G-164A, S/N 541. Owner: [Secrease Jerry](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SECREASE%20JERRY), [Fisher, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Fisher)

## Related

- Other Bell Textron 525 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-textron-525/aircraft.md

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