{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1998-03-04","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-04-23","city":"ULYSSES","country_code":"US","county_code":"067","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03031","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"T63 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181579","mode_s_code":"50230420","mode_s_hex":"A13110","model":"OH-58A","n_number":"N176SJ","name":"TRI ROTOR SPRAY & CHEMICAL","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ulysses","damage":"DEST","date":"2021-05-18","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN21LA225","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain clearance from  a power line during the aerial application flight, which resulted in collision with the power line and subsequent impact with terrain.","registration":"N176SJ","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on May 18, 2021 at Ulysses, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HURON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-04-09","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX98LA134","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power due to deteriorated O-ring seals in the fuel boost pump, which allowed air to enter the fuel lines.  Factors in the accident were the inadequate manufacturer's inspection criteria for the fuel boost pump O-ring seals and the resulting failure of the operator's maintenance personnel failure to detect the condition.","registration":"N176SJ","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on April 9, 1998 at Huron, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N176SJ is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 4, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation, certificate issued April 23, 2020, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 4, 1998, 28 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15556 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N176SJ according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N176SJ: Accident on May 18, 2021 at Ulysses, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on April 9, 1998 at Huron, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"70-15556","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9170 E ROAD 2","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00195592","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N176SJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1970,"zip":"678808151"}