Bell 429 Global Ranger   msn: 57249

# 249 / N598PB, The sad remains of the Bell 429 Global Ranger that crashed in a swampy area
on the south end of Wallace Lake in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana on 15 February 2017.

Photo: Wallace Lake, February 2017.

# 249 / N598PB, A daylight photo of the wreckage of the Bell 429 Global Ranger.

Photo: NTSB, Wallace Lake, 20 February 2017.

# 249 / N598PB, The wreckage of the Bell 429 Global Ranger being recovered.

Photo: Wallace Lake, 2017.

 Airframe History:
 Date: Tailnumber: Owner / Operator:
 xxx 2014 C-  [test-regi]
 NOV 2014 C-FHYQ  Bell Helicopter Textron Canada,
 Montreal, Québec
 APR 2015 C-FHYQ  regi canx,
 exported to the USA
 APR 2015 N544NB  Bell Helicopter Textron,
 Fort Worth, Texas
 AUG 2016 N544NB  Terry Bailey,
 Center, Texas
 NOV 2016 N598PB  Terry Bailey,
 Center, Texas
 FEB 2017 N598PB  crashed into Wallace Lake,
 DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
 FEB 2020 N598PB  regi canx, airframe destroyed.
 [view ntsb final report CEN17FA103]

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