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N7234YRevolution Helicopter MINI-500

DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026

This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Jan 29, 2000.

Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (destroyed damage, Oct 1997)No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report

Registration
Deregistered
Last based in
Westminster, CA
owner city / state
Owners
1
since 1997
NTSB events
1
destroyed, 1997
ADs may apply
0
confirm with A&P
Service reports
1
since 1995

Registration

FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026
Last registered owner
Individual owner
City, state
Westminster, CA
Certificate issued
Jan 7, 1997
Canceled
Jan 29, 2000

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 data

Airframe

Manufacturer
Revolution Helicopter
Model
MINI-500
Serial number
231
Aircraft type
Rotorcraft
Category
Land
Certification
Not Type Certificated
Seats
1
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A9B1AC

Engine

Type
Reciprocating

Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.

Ownership history

Ownership history from FAA records
  1. 1997 – 2000Individual ownerWestminster, CA
  2. 1969 – 1974Capital Credit CoAustin, TX · different airframe: Piper Pa-30 S/N 30-258

Individual owners are shown by city and state only.

Safety record

NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026

NTSB events (1)

Accident · destroyed

Oct 26, 1997 · Long Beach, CA

loss of engine power and low rotor rpm for undeterminted reasons. The factory representative's recommendation to reduce the main rotor low pitch stop (from -1.8 degree to -0.5 degree) may have been a related factor.

Damage
Destroyed
Injuries
Serious
Report
LAX98LA021

From NTSB records; matched by N-number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for LAX98LA021)

ADs 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 (1)

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.

  • Reciprocating engine · engine · failedOct 26, 1997

    DURING PATTERN WORK, ENGINE FAILED AT ABOUT 500 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF. HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED. REASON FOR ENGINE FAILURE NOT GIVEN.

    From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.

Sources

  • FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
  • NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
  • FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
  • FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026

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