# N37AE: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, registration cancelled 2008-11-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 12, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- 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: 45230
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: April 17, 1979
- Certificate issued: October 26, 2005
- Last registry action: October 21, 2008
- Mode S code: A43177
- 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/N37AE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=37AE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37AE-2008-11-12

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 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 CHI08FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA269), Aug 31, 2008: Bell 206L-1 (N37AE), Greensburg, IN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a main rotor blade due to a fatigue failure of the blade spar, rendering the helicopter uncontrollable, and the manufacturer's production of main rotor blades with latent…

## 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 20080831850339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831850339A), Aug 31, 2008: Bell 206L1 (N37AE), Greensburg, IN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) On 8/31/2008 at approximately 1330 N37AE, a Bell 206-11 helicopter, registered to air evac EMS inc, departed a public relations event and crashed a short…

## Other aircraft with N37AE

- [Cancelled 2020-01-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37AE-2020-01-06): Aerovironment PUMA AE, S/N 1728. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Noaa Aircraft Operations Center](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NOAA%20AIRCRAFT%20OPERATIONS%20CENTER), [Macdill Afb, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Macdill%20Afb)
- [Cancelled 2001-06-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37AE-2001-06-14): Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300, S/N 037. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Chase Manhattan Bank And Trust Company Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHASE%20MANHATTAN%20BANK%20AND%20TRUST%20COMPANY%20NA%20TRUSTEE), [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco)

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