N98KR is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 built in 1981. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 12, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 cancelled September 12, 2013
- Serial number
- 45683
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1981
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2007
- Last FAA action
- November 19, 2007
- Last owner
- Helicopter Applicators INC (Corporation)
Gettysburg, PA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N98KR
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206 · serial 45683
The pilot’s failure to secure the flight controls before exiting the running helicopter. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s practice of exiting the helicopter while it was still running.
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