# N98KR: 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: September 12, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=98KR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98KR

## Aircraft that carried N98KR

- [Cancelled 2013-09-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98KR-2013-09-12): Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, S/N 45683, built 1981. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Helicopter Applicators Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICOPTER%20APPLICATORS%20INC), [Gettysburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Gettysburg)

## NTSB investigations on N98KR (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 ERA09CA482](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA482), Aug 24, 2009: Bell 206 (N98KR), Gumboro Township, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to secure the flight controls before exiting the running helicopter. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s practice of exiting the helicopter while it was still running.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N98KR (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 20090824048849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090824048849A), Aug 24, 2009: Bell Helico 206L-1 (N98KR), Gumboro Twp, DE, Substantial damage. N98KR a Bell 206L-1 helicopter aircraft was operating under 14 CFR PART137 pilot landed the aircraft on top of a re-supply trailer to reload chemicals and…
- [Incident 19841005071859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841005071859I), Oct 5, 1984: Bell 206L1 (N98KR), Augusta, GA, Minor damage. Lost right engine compartment door in flight. Struck tail rotor. Latch may not have been secured.

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