Turbine helicopter

N920PD

2014 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2014
Serial
57233
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
New York City Police Department (Government)
Based
Brooklyn, NY
Registration record

N920PD on the FAA register

Type
2014 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429
Serial
57233
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2
Registered owner
New York City Police Department
Brooklyn, NY
Certificate issued
2015-08-21
Airworthiness date
2014-08-26
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
ACBF73
Mode S (octal)
53137563
Seats (type)
9
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-12-13
    Accident at Manhattan, NY; damage: substantial.
  • 2015-08-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N920PD.
  • 2014-08-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N920PD

N920PD is a 2014 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429, serial number 57233. The FAA register lists New York City Police Department as the registrant in Brooklyn, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 21, 2015 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2 engines and 9 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 26, 2014.

N920PD has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2021-12-13 Accident · Manhattan, NY Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA22LA091
Reported aircraft: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429
Probable cause: The pilots overapplication of flight controls during landing, which resulted in the rotor blades contacting the wire strike protection system and subsequent hard landing.

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

Same model

More Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 aircraft

All 102 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in New York

All 6,663 aircraft registered in New York →
Similar aircraft

Other turbine helicopters on the register

  • N5074R1991 Eurocopter BK117 B-2
  • N152AE2008 Keystone Helicopter S-76C
  • N13HB2002 Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-1
  • N707MD1984 Aerospatiale AS 355F1
  • N725LL2013 Eurocopter EC 155 B1
  • N902CH1996 McDonnell Douglas MD 900
More from Bell Helicopter Textron Canada

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada models on the register

Own N920PD?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in New York· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.