N520HBMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 500N
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Nov 2, 2017.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Last registered owner
- Fleet Aero LLC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Cheyenne, WY
- Certificate issued
- Sep 7, 2017
- Canceled
- Nov 2, 2017
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
- Model
- 500N
- Serial number
- LN029
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H3WE
- Mode S code
- A6899F
Engine
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017Fleet Aero LLCCheyenne, WY
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Rotor flight controls · cable · severedMay 13, 2006
DURING PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS, PILOT FELT A CHANGE IN THE ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE COLLECTIVE AND THE HELICOPTER BEGIN TO SPIN, HE LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND SHUTDOWN. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE ROTATING CONE CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CLEAN BREAK. THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Rotor flight controls · cable · brokenMay 13, 2006
PILOT WAS PRACTICING AUTOROTATION AND FELT A CHANGE IN THE PEDALS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE ATTEMPTED TO HOVER BY RAISING THE COLLECTIVE, AND THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO SPIN, HE LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE, AND SHUTDOWN. NO DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER WAS NOTED. THE ROTATING CONE CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026