# N498BH: 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: December 18, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=498BH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N498BH

## Aircraft that carried N498BH

- [Cancelled 2012-12-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498BH-2012-12-18): Beech JRB-6, S/N 39952, built 1961. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Hart Alan](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HART%20ALAN), Antigua

## NTSB investigations on N498BH (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 ANC06LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA112), Aug 8, 2006: Beech BE-18 (N498BH), Culebra, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation/exhaustion in all engines for an undetermined reason during cruise flight, which resulted in a forced landing and ditching.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N498BH (2)

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 20060808021149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060808021149A), Aug 8, 2006: Beech JRB6 (N498BH), Destroyed. (-23) Both engines quit apparently due to fuel starvation. When aircraft was recovered after ditching, there were 75 gals. Of fuel in one main tank. All other…
- [Incident 19910418024719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910418024719I), Apr 18, 1991: Beech JRB6 (N498BH), Miami, FL. ATC lost contact with flight en route. Pilot finally reported inoperative transponder. Had penetrated adis.

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