# N137AE: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, registration cancelled 2008-06-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 18, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (registry code 1182107)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 45266
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 20, 1979
- Certificate issued: October 26, 2005
- Last registry action: October 26, 2005
- Mode S code: A09537
- Owner when cancelled: [Air Evac Ems Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20EVAC%20EMS%20INC)
- Location: [West Plains, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/West%20Plains)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.7011° N, 91.8563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 65775, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137AE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=137AE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137AE-2008-06-18

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI04FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA107), Apr 21, 2004: Bell 206L-1 (N137AE), Boonville, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning/decision which resulted in his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, his diverted attention, and…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20040420012859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040420012859A), Apr 20, 2004: Bell 206L1 (N137AE), Boonville, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On April 20, 2004, at 2340 central daylight time, a Bell 206L-1, N137AE, operated by air evac lifeteam, collided with the terrain during a medivac…

## Other aircraft with N137AE

- [Cancelled 2013-05-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137AE-2013-05-29): American Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2, S/N 9569. Owner: [American Eurocopter Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20EUROCOPTER%20CORP), [Grand Prairie, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Grand%20Prairie)

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