Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:67-17658 USAF
    Construction Number:9856
    Last Civil Registration:N658H
    Latest Owner or Location:Overseas Aircraft Support, Lakeside, Arizona

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1H.

    Circa 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-17658.

    4 March 1997

    To Firelands Museum of Military History, Norwalk, OH with c/r N658H.

    5 March 1997

    To Firelands Museum of Military History, Norwalk, OH with c/r N658H.

    12 May 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    5 October 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    1 October 2009

    To Dyncorp International Llc, Fort Worth, TX.

    13 October 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    17 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    20 October 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR658H (UH-1H, 67-17658) issued.

    19 December 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N658H.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Cloverdale, VA.

    12 February 2016

    To Summit Helicopters Inc, Cloverdale, VA.

    22 February 2017

    To Sapphire Aviation Llc, Houston, TX.

    Based at Hicks Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Overseas Aircraft Support, Lakeside, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 17 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N658H issued.

    By 17 January 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N658H.

    17 January 2018

    Crashed.
    There were five fatalities and was one serious injury. The accident occurred at Raton, NM, United States while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. On January 17, 2018, about 1800 Mountain Standard Time, N658H, registered as a Bell UH-1H helicopter, impacted terrain near Raton, New Mexico. A ground fire and explosion subsequently occurred. The commercial pilot, pilot rated passenger and three other passengers were fatally injured. One passenger sustained serious injuries...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=30169][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1H Iroquois, s/n 67-17658 USAF, c/n 9856, c/r N658H[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=30169
    Copyright 1993-2024 www.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.