Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13E/M74
N43921 is a Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13E/M74, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Costa Spraying INC, a corporation in Tulare, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 23, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Texas Helicopter Corp
- Model
- OH-13E/M74 · all OH-13E/M74s and related versions
- Serial number
- 76-003
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1977
- Transponder code
- A54745 (octal 51243505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 23, 2017
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · February 23, 1977
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00702344
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Costa Spraying INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 18520 Road 152
Tulare, CA 93274
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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 N43921, 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 Costa Spraying INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 23, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 23, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 76-003 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N43921 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 N43921: Accident on February 22, 2012 at Farmington, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 11, 1991 at Farmington, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on August 27, 1990 at Stockton, 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: Texas Helicopter CORP OH-13E/M74 · operated under 137
The in-flight separation of the wood portion of one main rotor blade while maneuvering at low level, the reason for which could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR12LA115 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Texas Helicopter M74 · operated under 137
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE EXCESSIVE GROSS WEIGHT OF THE HELICOPTER, AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUE TO IMPAIRMENT FROM USE OF A DRUG (MARIJUANNA).
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX91LA388 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Texas Helicopter M47A WASP · operated under 137
THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE ALTITUDE DURING THE FLARE/TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF THE AUTOROTATION. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT ARE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAGNETO.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90DVD03 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