N9687R is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell UH-1B. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 30, 2017. 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 June 30, 2017
- Serial number
- 62-12529
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 13, 1986
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2009
- Last owner
- Colony Services INC (Corporation)
Labelle, FL - Airworthiness
- None on file
Reims Avn Sa CESSNA F172 cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 2135
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N9687R
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1B · serial 62-12529
IMPROPER MAINTENANCE ADJUSTMENT BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RESULTING IN OVERTORQUE OF A TAILBOOM ATTACH BOLT WHICH ALLOWED THE TAILBOOM TO SHIFT. THIS DISENGAGED THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT AT A COUPLING RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVE.
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