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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13E/M74
N51850 is a Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13E/M74, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation in Rochelle, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated July 31, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Texas Helicopter Corp
- Model
- OH-13E/M74 · all OH-13E/M74s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 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
- 78-018
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- A68247 (octal 51501107)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2011
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 31, 1978
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00402225
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hendrickson Flying Service 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
- 21532 Quinta Rd
Rochelle, IL 61068
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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 N51850 links to the rest of the register
- Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 14 registered
- Texas Helicopter Corp 15 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate H7SW · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Hendrickson Flying Service INC 21 aircraft in the fleet
- Rochelle, IL 39 aircraft registered in this town
- Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field · RPJ
- Illinois 8,069 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 10 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 19 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 9 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N51850, 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 Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 14, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated July 31, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 78-018 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51850 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T42-3234, cancelled October 24, 1955). 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]
1 NTSB record under N51850: Accident on August 2, 1989 at Norman Park, GA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Texas Helicopter OH-13/M74 · operated under 137
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FROM EXPOSURE TO LANNATE, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE ABOVE THE GROUND. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO USE A RESPIRATOR WHILE HANDLING OR BEING EXPOSED TO LANNATE.,
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data