# N139RD: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: May 29, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=139RD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N139RD

## Aircraft that carried N139RD

- [Cancelled 2020-05-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139RD-2020-05-29): Bell OH-58C, S/N 71-20396, built 1971. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Helicopter Applicators Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICOPTER%20APPLICATORS%20INC), [Gettysburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Gettysburg)

## NTSB investigations on N139RD (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA032), Nov 1, 2016: Bell OH 58C (N139RD), Cameron, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight failure of a main rotor blade due to fatigue cracks. Contributing to the failure of the main rotor blade was the absence of guidance to the operator to inspect an area of the main rotor…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N139RD (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20161101022659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161101022659A), Nov 1, 2016: Bell OH-58C (N139RD), Cameron, NC, Destroyed. On 11/1/2016, . The aircraft had just refueled from a tanker-truck platform when a mechanical malfunction had occurred. The tail-boom of the aircraft broke off…

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