# N213TV: 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: April 24, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=213TV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213TV

## Aircraft that carried N213TV

- [Cancelled 2018-04-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N213TV-2018-04-24): Bell 206L-3, S/N 51298, built 1989. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Lin Television Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LIN%20TELEVISION%20CORP), [Providence, RI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/RI/Providence)

## NTSB investigations on N213TV (1)

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 CEN17FA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA355), Sep 16, 2017: Bell 206L 3 (N213TV), Ancho, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's distraction by a cell phone during a low-altitude flight, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N213TV (1)

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 20170916020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170916020829A), Sep 16, 2017: Bell 206L-3 (N213TV), Ancho, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 9-16-2017 at 16:30 MST, a Bell 206-L3 helicopter, N213TV, registered to lin television corporation, while in cruise flight, was involved in a fatal…

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