N79SP is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 25, 1997. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N79SP is reserved by West Virginia State Police since March 25, 1997. Reservation type: Reserved, no fee.
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 cancelled March 25, 1997
- Serial number
- 45540
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 1993
- Last FAA action
- June 7, 1994
- Last owner
- West Virginia State Police (Government)
South Charleston, WV - Airworthiness
- None on file
Bell 206B cancelled May 4, 1983
- Serial number
- 892
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 15, 1973
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Department Of Public Safety (Government)
Institute, WV - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N79SP
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-1 · serial 45540
the helicopter manufacturer's inadequate maintenance service bulletin inspection interval which failed to provide timely detection of preexisting fatigue cracks in the tail boom. Factors were: the manufacturer's failure to develop a modification of the failed area, and the failure of the FAA certification office to monitor and act upon the significant number of reports of tail boom cracking that were reported by industry.
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