Bell OH-58A
N444JB is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Air First LLC, an LLC in Pembroke, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 1997 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; aerial advertising; forest; patrolling; other, dated March 27, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58A · all OH-58As and related versions
- Serial number
- 71-20362
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A55A43 (octal 51255103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 1997
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Aerial advertising; Forest; Patrolling; Other · March 27, 1998
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00685731
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Air First LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 720 Clough Mill Rd
Pembroke, NH 03275-3814
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N444JB, 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 Air First LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 28, 1997, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 27, 1998, 27 years after the 1971 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 71-20362 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N444JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 681 (serial 6016, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N444JB: Accident on September 14, 2002 at Rochester, MA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 1, 1996 at South Carver, MA: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick OH-58AT · operated under 133
The pilot's failure to center the sling load prior to commencing forward flight. Also causal, was the pilot's improper decision to attempt a takeoff with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in an engine compressor stall.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD02LA094 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B III · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during an aerial application maneuver. This put the helicopter in a low slow down wind, high power demand turn, where it encountered a loss of tail rotor effectiveness, and the subsequent collision with the marsh.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC96LA135 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