Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58C
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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Garlick Helicopters Inc
- Model
- OH-58C · all OH-58Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 71-20435
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1971
- Transponder code
- A0F021 (octal 50170041)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 1, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Aerial surveying; Patrolling · October 2, 1998
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00345442
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Triple F Flying INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 912 Austin Trl
Benton, PA 17814-8257
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 1
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.
Valid registration to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 1, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 71-20435 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
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]
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]
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]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN06LA080 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI96LA149 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data