Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+
N72BM is a Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Vertical Vegetation Management LLC, an LLC in Darlington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; patrolling; other, dated April 11, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Garlick Helicopters Inc
- Model
- OH-58A+ · all OH-58A+s and related versions
- Serial number
- 72-21248
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison T63-A-720 · 420 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1972
- Transponder code
- A9A158 (octal 52320530)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 7, 2018
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Patrolling; Other · April 11, 2018
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00506071
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vertical Vegetation Management LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6655 N 700 E
Darlington, IN 47940-7005
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N72BM, 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 Vertical Vegetation Management LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 7, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 11, 2018, 46 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 72-21248 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N72BM 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 N72BM: Accident on June 18, 2024 at Cisco, GA: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick Helicopters INC OH-58A+ · operated under 137
A reported total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA24LA267 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data