N37AE — Aerovironment Inc PUMA AE

Aircraft record

Serial number

1728

Manufacturer

Aerovironment Inc

Model

PUMA AE

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N37AE →

Accident & incident history

1. CHI08FA269Aug 31, 2008Greensburg, INFatal · 3 fatal

   The in-flight separation of a main rotor blade due to a fatigue failure of the blade spar, rendering the helicopter uncontrollable, and the manufacturer's production of main rotor blades with latent manufacturing defects, which precipitated the fatigue failure of the blade spar.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the Aerovironment Inc PUMA AE).

1. Jan 6, 2020deregistered — Noaa Aircraft Operations Center

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N37AE was previously assigned to different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the Aerovironment Inc PUMA AE above.

• until Nov 12, 2008Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (s/n 45230)
• until Jun 14, 2001Aerospatiale/aeritalia ATR 42-300 (s/n 037)

Frequently asked

Has N37AE been in an accident?

Yes. N37AE appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2008.

What kind of aircraft is N37AE?

N37AE is an Aerovironment Inc PUMA AE (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 1728.

Has N37AE been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N37AE (CHI08FA269) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.