# N353HW: 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: October 19, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=353HW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353HW

## Aircraft that carried N353HW

- [Cancelled 2017-10-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353HW-2017-10-19): Eurocopter AS 350 B3, S/N 3401, built 2001. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Memphis Medical Center DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MEMPHIS%20MEDICAL%20CENTER%20DBA), [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)

## NTSB investigations on N353HW (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 ERA14FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA010), Oct 22, 2013: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N353HW), Somerville, TN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with night, instrument meteorological conditions while responding to an obstacle alert, resulting in an in-flight loss of helicopter control.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N353HW (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 20131022019759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131022019759A), Oct 22, 2013: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N353HW), Somerville, TN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On October 22, 2013, about 0605 central daylight time (CDT), a Eurocopter AS350 B3, N353HW, impacted trees and terrain near Somerville, Tennessee. The…

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