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N16JD

Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesPennsylvania

N16JD is a Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation in Benton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial surveying; patrolling, dated October 2, 1998.

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Aircraft

Maker
Garlick Helicopters Inc
Model
OH-58C · all OH-58Cs 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 Garlick Helicopters Inc 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
71-20435
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 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Transponder code
A0F021 (octal 50170041)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 1, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 1, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Aerial surveying; PatrollingFAA certificate purpose code 25 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 2, 1998
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00345442

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Triple F Flying INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
912 Austin Trl
Benton, PA 17814-8257

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1996-08-21Deweese BUSHBY MUSTANG M-II · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N16JD links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Benton, PA 40 aircraft registered in this town
  • Pennsylvania 6,182 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N16JD, 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 Triple F Flying INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 1, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 2, 1998, 27 years after the 1971 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 71-20435 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N16JD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Deweese BUSHBY MUSTANG M-II (serial MII519, cancelled August 21, 1996). 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

2 NTSB records under N16JD: Accident on May 30, 2006 at Muddy Gap, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 4, 1996 at Lancaster, WI: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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 2

DEN06LA080Accident on May 30, 2006 at Muddy Gap, WY: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick Helicopters Inc OH- 58C · operated under 091

the loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing to the accident was the low altitude and rough uneven terrain.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CHI96LA149Accident on May 4, 1996 at Lancaster, WI: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: MII-519

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Deweese BUSHBY MUSTANG M-II · operated under 091

failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering in the traffic pattern, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and collison with the terrain. The pilot's use of abrupt maneuvers was a related factor.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

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