Turbine helicopter

N500SC

2009 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2009
Serial
53947
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (Government)
Based
Columbia, SC
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Registration record

N500SC on the FAA register

Type
2009 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Serial
53947
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Registered owner
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Columbia, SC
Certificate issued
2019-12-02
Airworthiness date
2019-09-05
Registration expires
2029-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A63B83
Mode S (octal)
51435603
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-12-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N500SC.
  • 2019-09-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2009
    Manufactured (2009).
Overview

About N500SC

N500SC is a 2009 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters, serial number 53947. The FAA register lists South Carolina Law Enforcement Division as the registrant in Columbia, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 2, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47B engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 5, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N500SC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2019-06-26 Accident · Summersville, SC Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · GAA19CA403
Reported aircraft: Md Helicopter 369 — a different aircraft that carried the N500SC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The copilot s disabling of the flight controls of an operating helicopter without telling the pilot on the controls, which resulted in a subsequent loss of control and collision with terrain.

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.