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Bell 430: fleet, age & accident history

Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

27currently registered
25average age (years)
2001median model year
10seats
2engines

Accident-rate context

111.1NTSB events per 1,000 registered
3NTSB events (1982–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where Bell 430 aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Bell 430 aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

StateRegistered
New York 5
California 5
Delaware 4
Michigan 3
Texas 2
New Jersey 2

Other Bell models

Was this Bell 430 ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Bell 430 that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.

This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24