N480RA
N480RA is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 7, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 cancelled July 7, 2017
- Serial number
- 45401
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 28, 2004
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2008
- Last owner
- Ranger Aviation Parts LLC (Corporation)
Lafayette, LA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N480RA
DFW05CA088Accident on March 13, 2005 at Galliano, LA: serious injuries, destroyed.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell B-206L-1 · serial 45401
The pilot's abrupt input of the collective while the main rotor RPM was at idle, which resulted in a separation of the tail boom.
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