# N278AL: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, registration cancelled 2018-06-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 12, 2018
- Exported to: Australia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-206l-4) (registry code 1181455)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 52313
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: December 20, 2013
- Last registry action: October 13, 2016
- Mode S code: A2C43F
- Owner when cancelled: [Bank Of Utah Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BANK%20OF%20UTAH%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7558° N, 111.8843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N278AL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=278AL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N278AL-2018-06-12

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 Canada 206L-4: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-206l-4.md

## Service difficulty reports (4)

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

- [SDR ALGA031211278AL](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA031211278AL), Mar 12, 2011: NUT. CRACKED. DURING ROUTINE INSP, MX FOUND 2 NUTS PN MS21042L4 CRACKED. THE NUTS WERE A PART OF THE HARDWARE STACKUP ATTACHING THE TAILROTOR DRIVESHAFT FLEX COUPLINGS TO THE
- [SDR ALGA020211278AL](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA020211278AL), Feb 2, 2011: DRIVE SHAFT. SHEARED. IN FLIGHT, ACFT LOST HYDRAULIC POWER. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE. MX FOUND MAIN ROTOR TACH GENERATOR DRIVESHAFT SHEARED.
- [SDR ALGA39106254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA39106254), Mar 9, 2010: BLADE. DEBONDED. FOUND MAIN ROTOR BLADE UPPER SURFACE NR 4 GRIP FINGER DOUBLER CORRODED AND DEBONDED APPROX 3.5".
- [SDR ALGA0111105694](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ALGA0111105694), Jan 11, 2010: MOUNT. CRACKED. FWD FLANGE ON COMPRESSOR REAR MOUNT CRACKED.

## Other aircraft with N278AL

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N278AL): Zipline International P2 ZIP, S/N 18736P21533

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