# N398MA: Eurocopter AS 350 BA, registration cancelled 2000-03-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 23, 2000
- Exported to: Canada
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Eurocopter AS 350 BA](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (registry code 8680955)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1856
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: October 7, 1996
- Last registry action: October 19, 1999
- Mode S code: A4A195
- Owner when cancelled: [Metro Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/METRO%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Shreveport, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Shreveport)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N398MA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=398MA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N398MA-2000-03-23

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 Eurocopter AS 350 BA: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

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

- [SDR 98ZZZX1681](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1681), Apr 27, 1998: BEARING. DETERIORATED. LOWER MAST BEARING OUTER RACE DETERIORATING, MAKING METAL. SUBMITTER STATED ENSURE CORRECT MAST BEARING SHIMMING.

## Other aircraft with N398MA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N398MA): Piper AEROSTAR 601P, S/N 61P-0529-223, built 1978
- [Cancelled 2016-02-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N398MA-2016-02-24): Cessna T210L, S/N 21061441, built 1976. First renewal notice. Owner: [Shelton Max](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHELTON%20MAX), [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)

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