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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+
N48LA is a Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 3 seats. It is registered to B & S Air INC, a corporation in Lumpkin, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated May 24, 2005.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Garlick Helicopters Inc
- Model
- OH-58A+ · all OH-58A+s 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 Garlick Helicopters Inc 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
- 70-15130
- 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
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1970
- Transponder code
- A5E73B (octal 51363473)
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 11, 2018
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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 · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 24, 2005
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00885352
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- B & S Air INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 725
Lumpkin, GA 31815-0725
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N48LA links to the rest of the register
- Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58 20 registered
- Garlick Helicopters Inc 36 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Type certificate R00006DE · held by Rotorcraft Development CORP
- B & S Air INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Lumpkin, GA 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,801 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58 2 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N48LA, 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 October 11, 2018, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 24, 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15130 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N48LA 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]
1 NTSB record under N48LA: Accident on July 28, 2010 at Newport, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick Helicopters INC OH-58A+ · operated under 137
Inadequate maintenance inspections of the main rotor blade inertia screw holes, which resulted in a main rotor blade failure due to fatigue. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the main rotor blades.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data