# N409SB: 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: June 25, 2015
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=409SB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409SB

## Aircraft that carried N409SB

- [Cancelled 2015-06-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N409SB-2015-06-25): Bell Helicopter Textron 214ST, S/N 28199, built 1990. Owner: [Bell Helicopter Textron Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BELL%20HELICOPTER%20TEXTRON%20INC), [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)

## NTSB investigations on N409SB (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 CEN12LA525](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA525), Aug 7, 2012: Bell 214ST (N409SB), Avalon, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly torque the retaining nut and install the cotter pin that secured the helicopter’s tail rotor counterweight bellcrank. Contributing to the accident was the…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N409SB (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 20120807018389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807018389A), Aug 7, 2012: Bell 214ST (N409SB), Avalon, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft N409SB departed kgky on a flight test plan for a new rotor system to be installed in the Bell 525. The aircraft was on it's 3rd flight test. They…

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