Bell OH-58A
N288NS 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 Mbc Leasing LLC, an LLC in Virden, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; other, dated February 24, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58A · all OH-58As and related versions
- Serial number
- 70-15288
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison T63 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A2ECF0 (octal 50566360)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 1, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 1, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Forest; Other · February 24, 1999
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00876411
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mbc Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 14882 Magee Rd
Virden, IL 62690-4511
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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 N288NS, 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 Mbc Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 1, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 24, 1999, 29 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 70-15288 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N288NS 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 N288NS: Accident on February 19, 2020 at Colexico, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 22, 2016 at Lake Mills, IA: 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 OH 58A · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to arrest the descent rate while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR20CA092 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH 58A · operated under 137
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a wire strike.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN16LA289 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