# N73963: 1973 Bell TH-13T, registration cancelled 2012-05-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 24, 2012
- Status when cancelled: Registration pending, canceled
- Airframe: [Bell TH-13T](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-th-13t) (registry code 1180813)
- Serial number: 3469
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 15, 1976
- Last registry action: May 13, 1993
- Mode S code: A9EFC0
- Location: [Pentwater, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Pentwater)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.7933° N, 86.3882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 49449, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73963
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=73963
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73963-2012-05-24

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 TH-13T: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-th-13t.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 DEN79FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA055), Aug 17, 1979: Bell 47G3B1 (N73963), Rico, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

## 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 19790817031319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790817031319A), Aug 17, 1979: Bell 47G3B1 (N73963), Rico, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Helicopter went into right spin. Impacted vertically. Found failed bearing in tail rotor gear.

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