# N53DE: 2019 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429, registration cancelled 2023-05-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 2, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-429) (registry code 1182158)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207d1-d2) (registry code 52299)
- Data sheets: [TCDS R00003RD](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/R00003RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 57380
- Year built: 2019
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: November 12, 2019
- Certificate issued: June 10, 2020
- Last registry action: January 22, 2023
- Mode S code: A6AE64
- Owner when cancelled: [Duke Energy Business Services LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DUKE%20ENERGY%20BUSINESS%20SERVICES%20LLC)
- Location: [Charlotte, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Charlotte)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 35.2320° N, 80.9050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28208, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53DE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53DE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53DE-2023-05-02

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 429: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-429.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 ERA21FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA195), Apr 28, 2021: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 (N53DE), Eden, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The impact of the main rotor blades with the tail boom during low-altitude maneuvers, which severed the tail rotor drive shaft and resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.

## 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 20210428007549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210428007549A), Apr 28, 2021: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 (N53DE), Eden, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On April 28, 2021, about 1324 eastern standard time, a Bell 429 helicopter, N53DE, operated by [privacy data omitted] a part 91 company, [privacy data omitted]…

## Other aircraft with N53DE

- [Cancelled 2012-12-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53DE-2012-12-18): Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, S/N 10021, built 1979. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Red River, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Red%20River)

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