N70696 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell UH-1B built in 1962. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 10, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Bell UH-1B cancelled September 10, 2012
- Serial number
- 62-2088
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1962
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 11, 1994
- Last FAA action
- December 17, 2009
- Last owner
- Helicorp INC (Corporation)
Labelle, FL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · To show compliance with regulations
Cessna 182M cancelled June 30, 1970
- Serial number
- 18259361
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 1969
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Frickelton School Of Aeronautics INC (Corporation)
Madison, WI - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N70696
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1B · serial 62-2088
Company maintenance personnel's failure to properly evaluate a main rotor system problem resulting in main rotor straps with multiple laminates separated due to fatigue cracking being allowed to continue in service until failure and separation of a main rotor blade.
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