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A Bell OH-58, the same model family as N1045C
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N1045C

Bell OH-58

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N1045C is a Bell OH-58, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wills Point, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 16, 2010.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
OH-58 · all OH-58s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Bell OH-58 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
71-20527
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Allison T63-A-700 · 317 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1972
Transponder code
A0169A (octal 50013232)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 16, 2021
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 16, 2010
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00015679

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Reynolds Darryl G
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
981 Vz County Road 3411
Wills Point, TX 75169-7595

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1999-07-14Leonard Anthony C BUCCANEER II · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1993-06-11Cessna 208B · exported to Brazil · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate

Connections how N1045C links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Bell OH-58 329 registered
  • Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
  • Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
Engine
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N1045C.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N1045C, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Reynolds Darryl G, an individual, certificate issued June 16, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 16, 2010, 38 years after the 1972 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 71-20527 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1045C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Leonard Anthony C BUCCANEER II (serial B2B-K172, cancelled July 14, 1999); Cessna 208B (serial 208B0342, cancelled June 11, 1993). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1045C: Accident on March 27, 2021 at Pottsboro, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN21LA169Accident on March 27, 2021 at Pottsboro, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58 · operated under 091

The pilot failure to maintain directional control of the helicopter when it encountered an unanticipated wind allowing it to drift into a fence and subsequently roll over and impact terrain.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data