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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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58A · all OH-58As and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 71-20362
- 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 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A55A43 (octal 51255103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 1997
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Aerial advertising; Forest; Patrolling; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 123450 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 27, 1998
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00685731
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Air First 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
- 720 Clough Mill Rd
Pembroke, NH 03275-3814
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N444JB links to the rest of the register
- 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
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 530 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Air First LLC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to May 26, 2027
- Pembroke, NH 18 aircraft registered in this town
- New Hampshire 1,563 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Bell OH-58 32 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell OH-58 10 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 747 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N444JB.json.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data