Bell OH-58A
N176SJ is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 4, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58A · all OH-58As and related versions
- Serial number
- 70-15556
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison T63 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A13110 (octal 50230420)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 23, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · March 4, 1998
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00195592
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 9170 E Road 2
Ulysses, KS 67880-8151
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.
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The public federal record on N176SJ, 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 Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation, certificate issued April 23, 2020, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 4, 1998, 28 years after the 1970 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 70-15556 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N176SJ according to the deregistered file. [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 N176SJ: Accident on May 18, 2021 at Ulysses, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on April 9, 1998 at Huron, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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: Bell OH58A · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during the aerial application flight, which resulted in collision with the power line and subsequent impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA225 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58A · operated under 137
A loss of engine power due to deteriorated O-ring seals in the fuel boost pump, which allowed air to enter the fuel lines. Factors in the accident were the inadequate manufacturer's inspection criteria for the fuel boost pump O-ring seals and the resulting failure of the operator's maintenance personnel failure to detect the condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX98LA134 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data