N59491 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Consolidated Vultee BT-13A. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 15, 1955. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Consolidated Vultee BT-13A cancelled November 15, 1955
- Serial number
- 5838
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 21, 1951
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Campbell 66 Express INC (Corporation)
Springfield, MO - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N59491
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B II · serial 1291
FOR OCCURRENCE #1 - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE OPERATOR IN LAUNCHING A HAZARDOUS MISSION WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE SLING/HARNESS, THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN ACCEPTING AND CONTINUING THE MISSION INTO LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, AND THE CREWMEMBER'S INADVERTENT RELEASE OF HIS HOLD OF THE NYLON STRAP. FOR OCCURRENCES #2-4 - FAILURE OF THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT AS A RESULT OF ENTANGLEMENT OF AN UNSECURED NYLON STRAP.
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