Turbine helicopter

N873ST

2014 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2014
Serial
54500
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pennsylvania State Police + 1 co-owner (Government)
Based
Hershey, PA
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Registration record

N873ST on the FAA register

Type
2014 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Serial
54500
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Registered owner
Pennsylvania State Police + 1 co-owner
Hershey, PA
Certificate issued
2015-01-06
Airworthiness date
2014-07-02
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AC031D
Mode S (octal)
53001435
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-08-19
    Accident at Carlisle, PA; damage: substantial.
  • 2015-01-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N873ST.
  • 2014-07-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N873ST

N873ST is a 2014 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters, serial number 54500. The FAA register lists Pennsylvania State Police + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 6, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028.

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 July 2, 2014.

N873ST has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2026-08-19 Accident · Carlisle, PA Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB (Ongoing) · ERA26FA309
Reported aircraft: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Preliminary report: On August 19, 2026, at 1852 eastern daylight time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, N873ST, and a Cessna 150H airplane, N23330, collided in flight near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The two commercial pilots onboard the helicopter were seriously injured, and the helicopter was substantially damaged. The commercial pilot on board the airplane was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The helicopter was operated by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) as a public aircraft. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the PSP, the helicopter crew departed from Capital City Airport (CXY), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and flew to…
NTSB report ↗

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.