# N888SJ: 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: January 17, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=888SJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888SJ

## Aircraft that carried N888SJ

- [Cancelled 2018-01-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888SJ-2018-01-17): Bell UH-1B, S/N 1021, built 1963. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [San Joaquin Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SAN%20JOAQUIN%20HELICOPTERS), [Delano, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Delano)

## NTSB investigations on N888SJ (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 LAX97LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA206), Jun 11, 1997: Bell UH-1B (N888SJ), Heron, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor relating to the accident was that the engine lost power when the helicopter was outside (below) the limits of the height/velocity curve.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N888SJ (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 19970610013749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970610013749A), Jun 10, 1997: Bell UH1B (N888SJ), Huron, CA, Destroyed. Partial power loss field spraying. Autorotated and landed hard. A main rotor blade severed the tailboom. Groundfire

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