# N525BM: Bell UH-1H, registration cancelled 2001-04-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 27, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell UH-1H](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (registry code 1181407)
- Serial number: 66-16023
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: March 26, 1993
- Last registry action: January 18, 2000
- Mode S code: A69BA6
- Owners when cancelled: [Usda Forest Service Fepp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/USDA%20FOREST%20SERVICE%20FEPP), [State Of North Carolina](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STATE%20OF%20NORTH%20CAROLINA), [Division Of Forestry](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DIVISION%20OF%20FORESTRY)
- Location: [Clayton, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Clayton)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 35.6118° N, 78.4764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 27520, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525BM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=525BM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525BM-2001-04-27

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 UH-1H: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h.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 MIA00GA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00GA264), Sep 7, 2000: Bell UH-1H (N525BM), Waynesville, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with ground level fog due to the pilot's decision to continue VMC flight into instrument conditions, resulting in an in-flight collision with trees.

## 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 20000907036229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907036229A), Sep 7, 2000: Bell UH1H (N525BM), Waynesville, NC, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23)September 7, 2000 Bell helicopter, N52BM, crashed about 0905 EST in mountainous terrain near Waynesville, north carolina. The UH-1H helicopter registered…

## Other aircraft with N525BM

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525BM): FB Cub CCX-2300, S/N CCX-2300-0116, built 2024

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