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.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of PHI Aviation, LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 7:16 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 407 · all 407s 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. Composite main rotor blades. This is how the Bell 407 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
- 53121
- 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, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A58D6A (octal 51306552)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 5, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 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 · March 28, 1997
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00436391
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Phi Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2001 SE Evangeline Trwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-2156
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.
Connections how N457PH links to the rest of the register
- Bell 407 986 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- PHI Aviation, LLC · charter operator
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250 series 446 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Type certificate H2SW · held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada LTD
- Phi Aviation LLC 56 aircraft in the fleet
- Lafayette, LA 269 aircraft registered in this town
- Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field · LFT
- Louisiana 3,733 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 407 62 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 407 6,813 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 407 317 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Block, separated · 2017-05-02
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bearing, spalled · 2017-01-20
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bearing, spalled · 2015-08-19
- Where N457PH is now · Last seen October 14 at 7:16 am.
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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]
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data