{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1998-03-27","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Aerial advertising; Forest; Patrolling; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1997-10-28","city":"PEMBROKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03020","engine_horsepower":420,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250-C20 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-26","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181579","mode_s_code":"51255103","mode_s_hex":"A55A43","model":"OH-58A","n_number":"N444JB","name":"AIR FIRST LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ROCHESTER","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-09-14","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"IAD02LA094","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to center the sling load prior to commencing forward flight.  Also causal, was the pilot's improper decision to attempt a takeoff with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in an engine compressor stall.","registration":"N444JB","state":"MA","summary":"Accident on September 14, 2002 at Rochester, MA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SOUTH CARVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-07-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC96LA135","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during an aerial application maneuver.  This put the helicopter in a low slow down wind, high power demand turn,  where it encountered a loss of tail rotor effectiveness, and the subsequent collision with the marsh.","registration":"N444JB","state":"MA","summary":"Accident on July 1, 1996 at South Carver, MA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N444JB is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Air First LLC, an LLC in Pembroke, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 1997 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; aerial advertising; forest; patrolling; other, dated March 27, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Air First LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 28, 1997, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 27, 1998, 27 years after the 1971 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 71-20362 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N444JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 681 (serial 6016, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N444JB: Accident on September 14, 2002 at Rochester, MA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 1, 1996 at South Carver, MA: 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"71-20362","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"720 CLOUGH MILL RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00685731","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N444JB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1971,"zip":"032753814"}