# N163B: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: January 11, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=163B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N163B

## Aircraft that carried N163B

- [Cancelled 2018-01-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163B-2018-01-11): Bowdler Thomas E PEITENPOL AIR CAMPER, S/N 102646. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Bowdler Thomas E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOWDLER%20THOMAS%20E), [Brockport, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Brockport)
- [Cancelled 1992-02-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163B-1992-02-25): Bell 47D1, S/N 17. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Associated Air Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ASSOCIATED%20AIR%20SERVICES%20INC), [Springfield, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Springfield)

## NTSB investigations on N163B (5)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89DNE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89DNE01), Dec 2, 1988: Bell 47D1 (N163B), Russell, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A PILOT INDUCED LOW ROTOR RPM CONDITION, FOLLOWED BY BLADE FLAPPING AS THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CONTACTED THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER.
- [NTSB FTW76FPG68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPG68), Jun 17, 1976: Bell 47B (N163B), Ravenden, AR, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW74DPG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPG10), Aug 9, 1973: Bell 47G (N163B), Black Rock, AR, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69F0060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69F0060), Jun 25, 1968: Bell 47G (N163B), Garden City, KS, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC68A0038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68A0038), Jun 25, 1967: Bell 47G (N163B), Creston, IA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N163B (3)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19881202052349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881202052349A), Dec 2, 1988: Bell 47D1 (N163B), Russell, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates student got too slow in flight. Mast bumping. Blade flapping. Rotor speed decay. Carb icing possibility.
- [Accident 19760617016639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760617016639A), Jun 17, 1976: Bell 47B3 (N163B), Ravenden, AR, Substantial damage. Spray boom hit pwr line.
- [Accident 19730809023609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730809023609A), Aug 9, 1973: Bell 47G3B1 (N163B), Black Rock, AR, Substantial damage. Plt pulled up into a pwr line he did not see.

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