Helmer William B AVID MAGNUM
N124WT is a Helmer William B AVID MAGNUM, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Big Timber, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Helmer William B
- Model
- AVID MAGNUM
- Serial number
- 124M
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- AVID AIRCRAFT AVID MAGNUM
- Transponder code
- A06494 (octal 50062224)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2002
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 9, 2002
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00003977
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Helmer William B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 445 Otter Creek Rd
Big Timber, MT 59011-7751
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N124WT, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Helmer William B, an individual, certificate issued February 20, 2002, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 124M for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N124WT according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N124WT: Accident on May 16, 2006 at Big Timber, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helmer Avid Magnum · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after he diverted his attention to close the aircraft's door during the takeoff roll. Factors include a fence and fence post along the side of the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data