# N16981: Bell 206B, registration cancelled 1988-09-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 22, 1988
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (registry code 1181511)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2347
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Mode S code: A116A7
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16981
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=16981
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16981-1988-09-22

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 206B: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b.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 FTW84FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA321), Jul 24, 1984: Bell 206B (N16981), Dallas, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other aircraft with N16981

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16981): Embraer EMB-145LR, S/N 145208, built 1999

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