Bell OH-58A
N38FA is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to B & S Air INC, a corporation in Lumpkin, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58A · all OH-58As and related versions
- Serial number
- 70-15448
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A4596F (octal 51054557)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2015
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00975801
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- B & S Air INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 725
Lumpkin, GA 31815-0725
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N38FA, 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 B & S Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15448 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N38FA 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]
3 NTSB records under N38FA: Accident on March 1, 2012 at Eufaula, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 18, 2010 at Covington, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 4, 2003 at Calipatria, CA: no 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58A · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting wind, which resulted in an excessive descent rate and hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA12CA199 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 contamination of the helicopter's fuel supply.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA10LA484 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58A · operated under 137
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the helicopter, and an inadvertent dynamic rollover during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03LA126 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