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N59MH

Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMaine

N59MH is a Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1969. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Maine Helicopters INC, a corporation in Whitefield, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 13, 1999 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 9, 1998.

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Aircraft

Maker
Garlick Helicopters Inc
Model
OH-58A+ · all OH-58A+s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
69-16092
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
3
Year built
1969
Transponder code
A79C29 (octal 51716051)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 13, 1999
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 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 · April 9, 1998
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00525691

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Maine Helicopters 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 110
Whitefield, ME 04353-0110

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N59MH links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Whitefield, ME 6 aircraft registered in this town
  • Maine 1,425 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N59MH, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Maine Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 13, 1999, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 9, 1998, 29 years after the 1969 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 69-16092 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N59MH according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N59MH: Accident on May 13, 2004 at Columbia, ME: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

NYC04LA122Accident on May 13, 2004 at Columbia, ME: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick Helicipters Inc. OH-58A · operated under 137

A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a forced landing during cruise flight.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data