# N220LN: Bell 222U, registration cancelled 2014-10-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 6, 2014
- Exported to: South Africa
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell 222U](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222u) (registry code 1182140)
- Engine: [Lycoming LTS-101 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (registry code 41560)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW), [TCDS E5NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 47567
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 23, 2004
- Certificate issued: August 25, 2014
- Last registry action: August 25, 2014
- Mode S code: A1E208
- Owner when cancelled: [Southern Rotorcraft USA Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOUTHERN%20ROTORCRAFT%20USA%20INC)
- Location: [Royse City, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Royse%20City)
- Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.9455° N, 96.3111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75189, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N220LN
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=220LN
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220LN-2014-10-06

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 222U: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222u.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR QMLA2013063013087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2013063013087), Jun 30, 2013: CABLE. BROKEN. PILOT WAS IN FLIGHT TO REFUEL AFTER A CALL. DURING FLIGHT HE OBSERVED THE NR 1 ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERING INTERMITTENTLY AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT THE BAS
- [SDR QMLA2011061511065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2011061511065), Jun 15, 2011: GEARBOX. MAKING METAL. AFTER ZONE INSPECTION ON NR1 ENGINE, ACFT WAS BEING GROUND RUN FOR LEAK CHECKS. ON START UP, THE ENGINE G/B CHIP LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON, PILOT SHUTDOWN STRAI
- [SDR QMLA2010102510071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2010102510071), Oct 25, 2010: DISC. UNSERVICEABLE. DURING LIFT OFF, ROTORBRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHTS AND TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE. CREW REPORTED SMELLING SOMETHING BUR
- [SDR QMLA2009052309019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2009052309019), May 23, 2009: WIRE. BROKEN. THE ACFT HAD BEEN STARTED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR A SCENE CALL AND JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO A HOVER, DETECTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE ACFT WAS SET BACK DOWN 
- [SDR 4756705112008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/4756705112008), May 11, 2008: SELECTOR SWITCH. WORN. PILOT, COMING ONTO SHIFT, REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT, DID HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, AND SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL AT 0900. AT 1017, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAUNCHED ON A SCENE CA
- [SDR 47567122504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/47567122504), Dec 25, 2004: LINK. FAILED. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT WITH PATIENT ABOARD. TWO LOAD BANGS WERE HEARD. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT DCU. LANDED AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED DOORS. NOTHING WAS

## 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.

- [Incident 20100423032379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032379I), Apr 23, 2010: Bell 222U (N220LN), Laughlin, NV, Minor damage. PIC safely landed to one of the four helipads located at the multi purpose police/fire department heliport in Laughlin, Nevada. PIC was asked if he could…

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