N2252A
Bell-SW Florida Avn UH-1B · built 1961
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- April 15, 1985Accident
THE PLT HAD STABILIZED ACFT IN A 125' HOVER, PRIOR TO PICKING UP A LOAD, WHEN THE ENG SPOOLED DOWN AND ACFT ENTERED TALLTREES WITH LOW ROTOR RPM AND PITCHED NOSE DOWN AS IT DESCENDED THRU THE TREES. GROUND WITNESSES HEARD 2 LOUD 'BANGS' PRIOR TO THE ACFT ENTERING THE TREES.
- May 10, 1984Accident
THE PLT WAS NOT AWARE THAT TWO GROUND ATTENDANTS WERE RIDING THE CABLE DURING A LOGGING OPERATION WHEN THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL CABLE RELEASE & THE ATTENDANTS FELL TO THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFTS HOOK DID NOT REVEAL A SYSTEM FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.