# N96CW: Bell 206L-3, registration cancelled 2000-01-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 12, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bell 206L-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (registry code 1182108)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 51286
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: April 23, 1996
- Last registry action: November 16, 1999
- Mode S code: AD5A14
- Owner when cancelled: [US Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Marshville, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Marshville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.9987° N, 80.3514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28103, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96CW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=96CW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96CW-2000-01-12

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 206L-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3.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 ATL98FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA080), May 25, 1998: Bell 206L-3 (N96CW), Indian Trail, NC, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude while operating in adverse weather. A contributing factor was the incoming fog and high tension static wire.

## 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 19980525010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980525010489A), May 25, 1998: Bell 206L3 (N96CW), Monroe, NC, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Flying in fog 150FT AGL struck static ground wire of a power line. Crashed onto highway.

## Other aircraft with N96CW

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96CW): Wilcox Jeffrey Craig WILCOX BAKENG DUCE, S/N 599, built 2005

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