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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N1897Z

N1897Z is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piasecki Aircraft Corporation HELI-STAT 97-34J. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 26, 1991. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation HELI-STAT 97-34J cancelled March 26, 1991

Serial number
0001
Type
Blimp or dirigible · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
March 17, 1986
Last FAA action
January 31, 1991
Last owner
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (Corporation)
Essington, PA
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N1897Z

NYC86FHD01Accident on July 2, 1986 at Lakehurst, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piasecki Acft. Corp. HELISTAT 97-34J · serial 0001

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