# N911VA: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 9, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=911VA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911VA

## Aircraft that carried N911VA

- [Cancelled 2009-02-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911VA-2009-02-09): Eurocopter France AS350B2, S/N 2588, built 1992. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Harlingen Comm Emergency Care Foundation Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HARLINGEN%20COMM%20EMERGENCY%20CARE%20FOUNDATION%20INC%20DBA), [Harlingen, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Harlingen)
- [Cancelled 1999-02-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911VA-1999-02-04): Aerospatiale AS350B, S/N 1446. Owner: [Metro Aero Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/METRO%20AERO%20SALES%20INC), [Shreveport, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Shreveport)

## NTSB investigations on N911VA (2)

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 DFW08FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA062), Feb 6, 2008: Eurocopter France AS350B2 (N911VA), S. Padre Island, TX, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in the helicopter impacting the water. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument…
- [NTSB FTW98FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA256), Jun 5, 1998: Eurocopter AS350BA (N911VA), La Gloria, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions resulting in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the dark night illumination, the lack of visual…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N911VA (3)

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.

- [Incident 20110819017099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110819017099I), Aug 19, 2011: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL (N911VA), Port Isabel, TX, No damage. Pilot smelled smoke, but did not see any smoke. He then verifird the smell with crew and once they concurred that they smelled the smoke, the pilot completed a…
- [Accident 20080205833449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205833449A), Feb 5, 2008: Snias AS350B2 (N911VA), South Padre Is, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) While the aircraft was enroute from harlingen, TX to south Padre island, TX to pick up a patient, the pilot stated that they were in the clouds and that…
- [Accident 19980605012429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980605012429A), Jun 5, 1998: Snias AS350BA (N911VA), La Gloria, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Air ambulance was en route to accident when it crashed under unknown circ, all 3 POB suffered fatal inj. (.4) on June 5, 1998, at approximately 0549 central…

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