N4688D
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 · built 2012
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on September 29, 1989.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2012 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N4688D.
- January 27, 1987Accident
AT APRX 2500 MSL, THE ENG STOPPED AND ATTEMPTS TO RESTART IT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT THE ACFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND A TELEPHONE POLE BEFORE NOSING OVER AND COMING TO REST.
- September 24, 1985Accident
THE PLT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FT. LAUDERDALE, HE FELT A SEVERE VIBRATION AND SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND MADE A EMERG LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. POST CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ONE PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED APRX ONE FOOT FROM THE HUB. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED THAT THE BLADE FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING.