N16962 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell 206B built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 10, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Bell 206B cancelled August 10, 2012
- Serial number
- 2362
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 23, 1999
- Last FAA action
- February 19, 2008
- Last owner
- Helicopter Technology INC (Corporation)
Century, FL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N16962
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · serial 2362
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from obstacles during cruise flight, which resulted in the helicopter striking a transmission line, and subsequently the ground.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · serial 2362
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ROTOR RPM DURING THE AUTOROTATION. FACTORS WERE THE FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · serial 236Z
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site