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Bell OH-58A
N588MP is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical INC, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; patrolling, dated August 6, 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
- 72-21432
- 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 T63 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A794C1 (octal 51712301)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 2003
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 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; PatrollingFAA certificate purpose code 125 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 6, 1998
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00075592
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical 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
- 9170 e Road 2
Ulysses, KS 67880-8151
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N588MP links to the rest of the register
- Bell OH-58 329 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) T63 series 46 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ulysses, KS 71 aircraft registered in this town
- Ulysses Airport · ULS
- Kansas 5,736 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) T63 series 1 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N588MP, 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 Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 18, 2003, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 6, 1998, 26 years after the 1972 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 72-21432 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N588MP 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 N588MP: Accident on July 10, 2016 at Surprise, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH 58 · operated under 137
While at a low altitude, the pilot's decision to do an abrupt descending right downwind turn which resulted in flying through his own vortices and an impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data