# N427TV: 2012 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, registration cancelled 2018-08-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 16, 2018
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (registry code 1182154)
- Engine: [Rolls-Royce 250-C47B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (registry code 54585)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW), [TCDS E1GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E1GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 54106
- Year built: 2012
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 29, 2012
- Certificate issued: November 5, 2012
- Last registry action: October 13, 2015
- Mode S code: A5175D
- Owner when cancelled: [Tennessee Valley Authority](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TENNESSEE%20VALLEY%20AUTHORITY)
- Location: [Muscle Shoals, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Muscle%20Shoals)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 34.7685° N, 87.5628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 35661, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N427TV
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=427TV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427TV-2018-08-16

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 407: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-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 ERA16FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA248), Jul 11, 2016: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (N427TV), Hickory, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Company maintenance personnel's inappropriate removal without replacement of the safety wires on the collective lever pin screws during a recent maintenance inspection, which resulted in the screws…

## 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 20160711010979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711010979A), Jul 11, 2016: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (N427TV), Hickory, KY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 07/11/2016 at approximately 11:23 am CDT according to witnesses aircraft N427TV approached the tva facility yard from the south and was landing in the…

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