{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-08-15","city":"FORT PIERCE","country_code":"US","county_code":"111","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":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181579","mode_s_code":"53115775","mode_s_hex":"AC9BFD","model":"OH-58A","n_number":"N911SL","name":"ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ft. Pierce","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-05-29","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ERA11TA318","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to recognize and avoid a loss of tail rotor effectiveness, which resulted in a loss of control and hard landing.","registration":"N911SL","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 29, 2011 at Ft. Pierce, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Okeechobee","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-06-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA02TA109","probable_cause":"the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades as a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar, and subsquent impact of the main rotor with the tailboom.","registration":"N911SL","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on June 12, 2002 at Okeechobee, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N911SL is a Bell OH-58A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept, a government body in Fort Pierce, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. 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 St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept, a government body, certificate issued August 15, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. 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 72-21369 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N911SL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell OH-58A (serial 71-20390, cancelled September 12, 2011). 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 N911SL: Accident on May 29, 2011 at Ft. Pierce, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 12, 2002 at Okeechobee, FL: 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":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":4,"serial_number":"72-21369","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4700 W MIDWAY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00196641","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N911SL","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"349814825"}