Bell 407
N457PH is a Bell 407, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1997. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Phi Aviation LLC, an LLC in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 407 · all 407s and related versions
- Serial number
- 53121
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A58D6A (octal 51306552)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 5, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 28, 1997
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00436391
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Phi Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2001 SE Evangeline Trwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-2156
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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 N457PH, 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 Phi Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 5, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 53121 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N457PH 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]
2 NTSB records under N457PH: Accident on May 2, 2017 at Venice, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 2003 at High Island 573: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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: Bell 407 · operated under 135
An in-flight separation of the tip block from the tail rotor blade due to an inadequate blade repair, which resulted in a rotor imbalance sufficient to crack the gearbox attachment studs and gearbox support assembly, and inadequate postrepair test procedures, which failed to detect the inadequate adhesive bonding.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN17LA174 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 407 · operated under 135
The loss of engine power due to the failure of the 3rd stage turbine wheel and subsequent catastrophic failure of the turbine assembly.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW04FA029 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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