# N8142W: Bell UH-1B, registration cancelled 1990-11-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 21, 1990
- Status when cancelled: N-number assigned, not yet registered
- Airframe: [Bell UH-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (registry code 1181410)
- Serial number: 638566
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Mode S code: AB1AEB
- Owner type: Corporation
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8142W
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8142W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8142W-1990-11-21

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 MKC90DCQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90DCQ02), May 6, 1990: Bell UH-1B (N8142W), Ulysses, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER ROTOR RPM, WHILE MANEUVERING OVER A HIGH OBSTRUCTION (POWER LINE) AT THE END OF A SWATH RUN, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT DESCENT & COLLISION WITH THE 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 19900506013999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900506013999A), May 6, 1990: Bell UH1B (N8142W), Ulysses, KS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Wreckage shows evidence of mast bumping and low rotor RPM occurred prior loss of control crash and burn.

## Other aircraft with N8142W

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8142W): Beech F33A, S/N CE-1729, built 1993
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8142W-undated): Piper PA-28-180, S/N 282256. Triennial form not returned

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