Turbine helicopter

N20SP

2000 Bell 430

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2000
Serial
49070
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Allison 250 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
New York State Police + 1 co-owner (Government)
Based
Albany, NY
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Registration record

N20SP on the FAA register

Type
2000 Bell 430
Serial
49070
Engines
2 × Allison 250 series
Registered owner
New York State Police + 1 co-owner
Albany, NY
Certificate issued
2001-01-25
Airworthiness date
2000-09-30
Registration expires
2029-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A19148
Mode S (octal)
50310510
Seats (type)
10
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2001-01-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N20SP to the current registrant.
  • 2000-09-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1997-02-25
    N20SP previously assigned to a Aerospatiale AS350B (s/n 1915); cancelled.
Overview

About N20SP

N20SP is a 2000 Bell 430, serial number 49070. The FAA register lists New York State Police + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Albany, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 25, 2001 and expires on July 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Allison 250 series engines and 10 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated September 30, 2000.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N20SP. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1995-02-22 Accident · Cambridge, MA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC95GA060
Reported aircraft: Eurocopter AS-350-B — a different aircraft that carried the N20SP registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: 1) THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE (MSP) MANAGEMENT'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT OF ITS AIR WING; 2) FUEL CONTAMINATION AND OBSTRUCTED FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES, DUE TO INADEQUATE FUEL STORAGE AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS BY THE MSP, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER; AND 3) THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO EXECUTE A PROPER AUTOROTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ROTOR RPM AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF HELICOPTER CONTROL.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.