N42489
Bell 206L-3 · built 1991
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 5, 1956.
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
- July 24, 1998Accident
The pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment in that the external load was not centered during sling operation, which resulted in entanglement of the load with the landing gear, and the loss of aircraft control. Full accident record
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1991 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N42489.
- June 17, 1984Accident
THE ACFT RAN OFF THE GRAVEL ROAD USED FOR A RWY DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. A RELATIVE OF THE PLT WHO WAS A WITNESS SAID THE ACFT FLOATED 'A LONG TIME' AND SEEMED TO BE FLYING 'TOO FAST.' THE PLT ALSO SAID IT TOOK LONGER TO LAND THAN HE EXPECTED AND AS HE APPROACHED A CATTLE CROSSING BARRIER HE TRIED TO TURN ONTO ANOTHER ROAD.