# N8160G: Bell TH-1L, registration cancelled 2017-03-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 21, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bell TH-1L](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-th-1l) (registry code 1180817)
- Engine: [Lycoming T-53 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (registry code 41549)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H4NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H4NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 157839
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Restricted, aerial surveying
- Airworthiness date: April 21, 1989
- Certificate issued: April 20, 1989
- Last registry action: August 21, 2007
- Mode S code: AB2205
- Owner when cancelled: [Guthrie Ken](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GUTHRIE%20KEN)
- Location: [Cougar, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Cougar)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 46.0682° N, 122.1496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98616, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8160G
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8160G
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8160G-2017-03-21

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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-1L: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-th-1l.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 SEA98LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA017), Nov 25, 1997: Bell TH-1L (N8160G), Canby, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's allowance of excessive airspeed resulting in the long-line hook impacting the tail rotor, and his allowance of an airspeed bleed-off preventing a successful run-on landing due to a loss…

## 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 19971125034969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971125034969A), Nov 25, 1997: Bell TH1L (N8160G), Canby, OR, Substantial damage. Bell TH-1L acft crashed und unk circ. Canby, OR. (.19)on November 25, 1997, approxiamtely 1120 pacific standard time, a Bell TH-1L rotorcraft, N8160G,…

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