# N2249Z: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, registration cancelled 2025-07-14 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: July 14, 2025 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (registry code 1182107) - Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 45753 - Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft - Certificate issued: October 27, 2021 - Last registry action: June 16, 2023 - Mode S code: A1F388 - Owner when cancelled: [International Air Services Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/INTERNATIONAL%20AIR%20SERVICES%20INC%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Carson City, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Carson%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.1275° N, 119.7258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 89701, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2249Z - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2249Z - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2249Z-2025-07-14 From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1.md ## Service difficulty reports (17) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR HEER117233](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEER117233), Jun 11, 2007: BEARING. SEPARATED. DURING A DAILY INSPECTION TECHNICIAN FOUND BEARING CAGE SEPARATED AT THE RIVETS. ALSO FOUND SEALS OUT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RETENTION GROOVES. REQUEST THAT SHAFT - [SDR HEEA088562](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA088562), Jul 21, 2003: STARTER GEN. FAILED. FIRST START AFTER INSTALLATION GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. SHOP REPAIR. - [SDR HEEA0015472](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0015472), Jul 30, 1998: TORQUEMETER. FAILED. TORQUE METER NEEDLE STICKS AROUND 40 PERCENT THROUGH UPPER RANGE. - [SDR HEEA0014895](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014895), Jun 22, 1998: CYLINDER. LEAKING. MAIN ROTOR SERVO CYLINDER HAS EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE. - [SDR HEEA0014609](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014609), Jun 5, 1998: BEARING. WORN. TRANSMISSION RESTRA9INT BEARI8NG WORN. - [SDR HEEA0014573](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014573), Jun 4, 1998: LINK ASSEMBLY. WORN. M/R GEARBOX ELASTOMERIC IS WORN. - [SDR HEEA0014555](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014555), Jun 4, 1998: INDICATOR. INOPERATIVE. TURBINE NEEDLE WILL NOT COME UP. - [SDR HEEA0014519](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014519), Jun 4, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. DOOR INSPECTION FOUND CORROSION BLEEDING OUT FROM INNER AND OUTER SKINS AND CORROSION BLEEDING OUT FROM FIBERGLASS CORNER FAIRING. - [SDR HEEA0014248](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0014248), May 20, 1998: SUPPORT. DAMAGED. DEEP SANDING MARKS ON BOTTOM AT RADIUS OF BRACKET. POOR QUALITY CONTROL. - [SDR HEEA0013921](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0013921), Apr 16, 1998: TRANSCEIVER. FAILED. PULSE WIDTH OUT OF SPECS. UNABLE TO CHANGE PULSE WIDTH DUE IT BEING A SURFACE MOUNT COMPONENT. - [SDR HEEA0012175](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0012175), Dec 3, 1997: DRIVE LINK. DEFECTIVE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL DRIVE LINK, FOUND TEFLON JOINTS WERE TOO TIGHT, NOT ALLOWING DRIVE LINK TO MOVE FREELY. COLLAR BOLT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. RE - [SDR HEEA0012138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA0012138), Nov 28, 1997: INDICATOR. DEFECTIVE. INDICATOR WAS REMOVED FROM BOWL AND CLEANED. INSTALLED INDICATOR BACK ON BOWL, TESTED AND INDICATOR STILL DIDN'T WORK. - [SDR HEEA967152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA967152), May 8, 1996: LINK ASSY. BEARING SEPARATE. LINK ASSY ELASTOMER BEARINGS SEPARATED. S/N LK0208 &LK7022 - [SDR HEEA966775](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA966775), Feb 28, 1996: RESTRAINT. BEARING WORN. RESTRAINT HAS WORN BEARINGS. - [SDR HEEA955801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA955801), Sep 21, 1995: FUEL CONTROL. LEAKS. FUEL LEAKS FROM BY-PASS VALVE RETENTION PLATE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE FUEL CONTROL. - [SDR HEEA955155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA955155), Jun 13, 1995: TRANSPONDER. DEFECTIVE. WILL NOT TEST; DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE POWER. UNIT WON'T TURN ON. REPLACED SWITCH BOARD ASSY. REPAIRED. UNIT WON'T TRANSMIT. REPAIRED BROKEN FOIL ON HIGH VOLTAG - [SDR HEEA954664](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA954664), Mar 31, 1995: WASHER. DETERIORATED. EXCESSIVE LOAD ON PLUGS CAUSING MATERIAL TO DETERIORATE. SCRAPPED LOCALLY. APPLIED LOWER TORQUE ON ADJUSTMENT SCREWS AND LOWER PRELOAD ON THRUST PLUGS. ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB GAA24WA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA047), Nov 30, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N2249Z), El Mirador, Guatemala, substantial damage ## Other aircraft with N2249Z - [Cancelled 1979-05-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2249Z-1979-05-18): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 28-7916392. Exported to Netherlands. Owner: [Globe Aero Limited Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GLOBE%20AERO%20LIMITED%20INC), [Lakeland, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lakeland) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.