# N408FC: 2000 Bell 407, registration cancelled 2017-03-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 22, 2017
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (registry code 1182206)
- Engine: [Allison 250-C47 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (registry code 03029)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW), [TCDS E1GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E1GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 53450
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: October 3, 2000
- Certificate issued: July 19, 2011
- Last registry action: February 12, 2014
- Mode S code: A4CAD9
- Owners when cancelled: [American Airborne Ems](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRBORNE%20EMS), [Rogers Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROGERS%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Fresno, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Fresno)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 36.7328° N, 119.7838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93721, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408FC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=408FC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N408FC-2017-03-22

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 407: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407.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 WPR16FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA037), Dec 11, 2015: Bell 407 (N408FC), McFarland, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control and collision with terrain while attempting a course reversal after inadvertently entering an area of reduced visibility weather conditions. Contributing to the accident…

## 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 20151210023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151210023319A), Dec 10, 2015: Bell 407 (N408FC), Mcfarland, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On December 10, 2015, at 1908 PDT, N408FC, an EMS Bell 407 helicopter, was involved in a fatal accident when the helicopter impacted with terrain in the…

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