# N911VA: 1992 Eurocopter France AS350B2, registration cancelled 2009-02-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 9, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Eurocopter France AS350B2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as350b2) (registry code 8680973)
- Engine: [Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (registry code 60053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU), [TCDS E19EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E19EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2588
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 7, 2007
- Certificate issued: June 14, 1999
- Last registry action: January 22, 2009
- Mode S code: AC9C3E
- Owners when cancelled: [Harlingen Comm Emergency Care Foundation Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HARLINGEN%20COMM%20EMERGENCY%20CARE%20FOUNDATION%20INC%20DBA), [Valley Air Care](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VALLEY%20AIR%20CARE)
- Location: [Harlingen, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Harlingen)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 26.2557° N, 97.6635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78550, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911VA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=911VA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911VA-2009-02-09

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Eurocopter France AS350B2: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as350b2.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 DFW08FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA062), Feb 6, 2008: Eurocopter France AS350B2 (N911VA), S. Padre Island, TX, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in the helicopter impacting the water. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument…

## 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 20080205833449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205833449A), Feb 5, 2008: Snias AS350B2 (N911VA), South Padre Is, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) While the aircraft was enroute from harlingen, TX to south Padre island, TX to pick up a patient, the pilot stated that they were in the clouds and that…

## Other aircraft with N911VA

- [Cancelled 1999-02-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911VA-1999-02-04): Aerospatiale AS350B, S/N 1446. Owner: [Metro Aero Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/METRO%20AERO%20SALES%20INC), [Shreveport, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Shreveport)

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