# N16962: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: August 10, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=16962
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16962

## Aircraft that carried N16962

- [Cancelled 2012-08-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16962-2012-08-10): Bell 206B, S/N 2362, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Helicopter Technology Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICOPTER%20TECHNOLOGY%20INC), [Century, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Century)

## NTSB investigations on N16962 (3)

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 ANC03LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA015), Nov 15, 2002: Bell 206B (N16962), Kingman, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from obstacles during cruise flight, which resulted in the helicopter striking a transmission line, and subsequently the ground.
- [NTSB FTW91LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA121), Jul 14, 1991: Bell 206B (N16962), Freeport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ROTOR RPM DURING THE AUTOROTATION. FACTORS WERE THE FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION.
- [NTSB FTW88LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA153), Aug 18, 1988: Bell 206B (N16962), Pearland, TX, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N16962 (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 20021115032209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021115032209A), Nov 15, 2002: Bell 206B (N16962), Kingman, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On November 15, 2002 at approx 1630 MST, a BHT-206B helicopter, N16962, s/n 2362 had in-flight collision with a power line and was destroyed upon…
- [Accident 19910714062359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714062359A), Jul 14, 1991: Bell 206B (N16962), Freeport, TX, Substantial damage. Boost pump lights came on. Lost power on autorotation landing. Hard landing fuel pumps burned out. Lacked fuel.
- [Accident 19880818035359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818035359A), Aug 18, 1988: Bell 206B (N16962), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Engine overtemped and failed on a test flight. Made hard autorotation landing.

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