# N9TD: Bell 206B, registration cancelled 2000-10-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 18, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (registry code 1181511)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2488
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: March 31, 2000
- Last registry action: March 31, 2000
- Mode S code: AC6C27
- Owner when cancelled: [Watchill LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WATCHILL%20LLC)
- Location: [Traverse City, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Traverse%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 44.7624° N, 85.6852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 49684, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9TD
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9TD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9TD-2000-10-18

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 206B: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b.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 CHI00LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA132), May 6, 2000: Bell 206B (N9TD), Eckerman, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain translational lift following an aborted landing and the loss of tail rotor effectiveness encountered by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the low rotor rpm and the…

## 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 20000506043209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506043209A), May 6, 2000: Bell 206B (N9TD), Hulbert, MI, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot lost tail rotor control during cruise. Upon touchdown main rotor blades truck pine trees causing a rollover on the right side. Pilot and passengers…

## Other aircraft with N9TD

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9TD): Donham Timothy J RV9, S/N 90597, built 2004
- [Cancelled 1975-04-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9TD-1975-04-28): Duci SIDEWINDER, S/N 9-00TD-1. Owner: [Duci Tony](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DUCI%20TONY), [Phoenix, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Phoenix)

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