N409SB is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell Helicopter Textron 214ST built in 1990. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 25, 2015. The last status on file was "valid registration".
N409SB is reserved by a private party since July 15, 2026. Reservation type: Fee paid. An expiration notice was issued on May 15, 2027.
Bell Helicopter Textron 214ST cancelled June 25, 2015
- Serial number
- 28199
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1990
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2010
- Last FAA action
- February 18, 2014
- Last owner
- Bell Helicopter Textron INC (Corporation)
Fort Worth, TX - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development
NTSB accident and incident record under N409SB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 214ST · serial 28199
Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly torque the retaining nut and install the cotter pin that secured the helicopter’s tail rotor counterweight bellcrank. Contributing to the accident was the lack of detailed maintenance records that documented previous maintenance actions.
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