# N70696: 1962 Bell UH-1B, registration cancelled 2012-09-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 10, 2012
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bell UH-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (registry code 1181410)
- Engine: [Lycoming T-53 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (registry code 41552)
- Serial number: 62-2088
- Year built: 1962
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: May 20, 1994
- Certificate issued: July 11, 1994
- Last registry action: December 17, 2009
- Mode S code: A96E8A
- Owner when cancelled: [Helicorp Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICORP%20INC)
- Location: [Labelle, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Labelle)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 26.7570° N, 81.4175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33935, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70696
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=70696
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70696-2012-09-10

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-1B: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b.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 MIA97LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA099), Mar 11, 1997: Bell UH-1B (N70696), Labelle, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: Company maintenance personnel's failure to properly evaluate a main rotor system problem resulting in main rotor straps with multiple laminates separated due to fatigue cracking being allowed to…

## 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 19970311012059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970311012059A), Mar 11, 1997: Bell UH1B (N70696), Labelle, FL, Destroyed. Test flight. Lifted to 100FT AGL hover. Loud bang. Impacted. Parts hit vehicle. Main rotor seperated fatigue crack. (-23) see inspector statements dated…

## Other aircraft with N70696

- [Cancelled 1970-06-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70696-1970-06-30): Cessna 182M, S/N 18259361. Owner: [Frickelton School Of Aeronautics Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FRICKELTON%20SCHOOL%20OF%20AERONAUTICS%20INC), [Madison, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Madison)

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