# N480RA: 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: July 7, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=480RA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N480RA

## Aircraft that carried N480RA

- [Cancelled 2017-07-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480RA-2017-07-07): Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, S/N 45401, built 1980. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Ranger Aviation Parts LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RANGER%20AVIATION%20PARTS%20LLC), [Lafayette, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Lafayette)

## NTSB investigations on N480RA (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 DFW05CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA088), Mar 13, 2005: Bell B-206L-1 (N480RA), Galliano, LA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's abrupt input of the collective while the main rotor RPM was at idle, which resulted in a separation of the tail boom.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N480RA (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 20050313003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050313003929A), Mar 13, 2005: Bell 206L1 (N480RA), Gulf Of Mexico, US, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft was at flight idle on oil rig ST220. Pilot had his head down, and writing in his log, when he felt an uncommanded lift to the rear. He…

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