# N888SJ: 1963 Bell UH-1B, registration cancelled 2018-01-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 17, 2018
- 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: 1021
- Year built: 1963
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Restricted, aerial surveying, patrolling
- Airworthiness date: November 13, 1992
- Certificate issued: January 11, 1990
- Last registry action: April 21, 2009
- Mode S code: AC3D26
- Owner when cancelled: [San Joaquin Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SAN%20JOAQUIN%20HELICOPTERS)
- Location: [Delano, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Delano)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.7795° N, 119.1919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93215, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888SJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=888SJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888SJ-2018-01-17

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 LAX97LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA206), Jun 11, 1997: Bell UH-1B (N888SJ), Heron, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor relating to the accident was that the engine lost power when the helicopter was outside (below) the limits of the height/velocity curve.

## 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 19970610013749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970610013749A), Jun 10, 1997: Bell UH1B (N888SJ), Huron, CA, Destroyed. Partial power loss field spraying. Autorotated and landed hard. A main rotor blade severed the tailboom. Groundfire

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