{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-04-22","city":"LUMPKIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"259","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181579","mode_s_code":"51054557","mode_s_hex":"A4596F","model":"OH-58A","n_number":"N38FA","name":"B & S AIR INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Eufaula","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-03-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA12CA199","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting wind, which resulted in an excessive descent rate and hard landing.","registration":"N38FA","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on March 1, 2012 at Eufaula, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Covington","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-09-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA10LA484","probable_cause":"A loss of engine power due to contamination of the helicopter's fuel supply.","registration":"N38FA","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on September 18, 2010 at Covington, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CALIPATRIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-04-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX03LA126","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the helicopter, and an inadvertent dynamic rollover during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.","registration":"N38FA","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on April 4, 2003 at Calipatria, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N38FA is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to B & S Air INC, a corporation in Lumpkin, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to B & S Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15448 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N38FA 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":"3 NTSB records under N38FA: Accident on March 1, 2012 at Eufaula, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 18, 2010 at Covington, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 4, 2003 at Calipatria, CA: no 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"70-15448","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"GA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 725","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00975801","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N38FA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"318150725"}