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Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429
N16WW is a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2018. It has 9 seats. It is registered to , a corporation. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 29, 2018.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
- Model
- 429 · all 429s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium with composite partsA mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bell 429 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 57343
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW207D1/D2 · 621 hp
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- 2018
- Transponder code
- A0F15E (octal 50170536)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 8, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 29, 2018
- FAA region
- —
- FAA record id
- 01275876
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Withheld at the owner's request
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N16WW links to the rest of the register
- Bell 429 174 registered
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 731 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2 125 aircraft with this engine series · 621 hp
- Type certificate R00003RD · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- FAA orders naming the Bell 429 38 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 429 180 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 429 56 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2 1 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N16WW.json.
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The public federal record on N16WW, 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 an owner whose details are withheld, a corporation, certificate issued December 8, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 29, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 57343 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16WW was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-24-180 (serial 24-165, cancelled March 25, 2013); Wolfe WOODY PUSHER W-3 (serial 345, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N16WW: Accident on June 28, 1995 at Morehead, KY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1991 at Broomfield, CO: minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-180 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to assure that an inadequate oil supply was available fot the flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-180 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL AND HIS MISJUDGED FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION POWER LOSS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data