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A Bell OH-58, the same model family as N436SD
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026
N436SD

Bell OH-58C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 3 clearWhere is it now

N436SD is a Bell OH-58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Malolo LLC, an LLC in San Luis Obispo, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 18, 2005.

Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 7:07 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
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 Bell 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
70-15436
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 T63 SERIES · 250 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
4
Year built
1970
Transponder code
A53AFC (octal 51235374)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 22, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 18, 2005
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00675512

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Malolo LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
C/O Ct International
4349 Old Santa Fe Rd
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-8175

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N436SD links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Bell OH-58 329 registered
  • Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
  • Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
Engine
Owner
  • Malolo LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N436SD, 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 Malolo LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 22, 2013, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 18, 2005, 35 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15436 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N436SD according to the deregistered file. [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

1 NTSB record under N436SD: Accident on January 19, 2000 at Brawley, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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 1

LAX00LA076Accident on January 19, 2000 at Brawley, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH-58C · operated under 137

The fuel system contamination that resulted in a loss of engine power during aerial application and a subsequent collision with the ground.

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 November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data