N2258F

Bell 412 · built 1982

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Costa Rica on December 6, 1978.

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

  • December 2, 1982Accident

    WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOTS HEARD A LOUD POP AND FELT A SEVERE CYCLIC CONTROL VIBRATION. AN IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A FATIGUE CRACK IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLUE, MAIN ROTOR YOKE FLEXURE, PN 412-010-101-113. THE HELICOPTER AND THE FIXTURE HAD ACCUMULATED 1071 HRS OF FLIGHT TIME.

    Bell 412